2025
Coinfection with Respiratory Pathogens and Dengue Disease Severity in Puerto Rico, 2012-2024.
Lozier M, Canabal López D, Torres-Velásquez B, Madewell Z, Lorenzi O, Rivera A, Perez-Padilla J, Adams L, Guzmán Y, Muñoz-Jordan J, Sharp T, Alvarado-Domenech L, Paz-Bailey G. Coinfection with Respiratory Pathogens and Dengue Disease Severity in Puerto Rico, 2012-2024. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2025 PMID: 40763721, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0744.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDengue virus coinfectionsAcute febrile illnessDengue virusAcute febrile illness casesAdministration of blood productsIntensive care unit admissionDisease severitySymptoms of rhinorrheaAssociated with younger ageDengue disease severityReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionRespiratory syncytial virusTranscriptase-polymerase chain reactionFisher's exact testDengue virus infectionPatient management decisionsComprehensive diagnostic testingCases of coinfectionInfluenza AViruses cocirculateHospitalized dengue patientsHuman metapneumovirusUnit admissionVirus coinfectionClinical features
2021
Knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of severe dengue impede vaccine evaluation
Sharp T, Anderson K, Katzelnick L, Clapham H, Johansson M, Morrison A, Harris E, Paz-Bailey G, Waterman S. Knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of severe dengue impede vaccine evaluation. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2021, 22: e42-e51. PMID: 34265259, PMCID: PMC11379041, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30871-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDengue virus infectionSevere dengueVirus infectionDisease severityAnti-dengue virus antibodiesMajor organ failureHospital admissionOrgan failureVaccine evaluationClinical spectrumVaccine trialsPrevious infectionRisk factorsVirus antibodiesClinical studiesClinical practiceDengue virusStudy participantsInfectionLack of specificityHost factorsVirus characteristicsDengueEpidemiologyRange of agesDengue Virus Infections among Peace Corps Volunteers in Timor-Leste, 2018–2019
Sánchez-González L, Venuto M, Poe S, Major C, Baskara L, Abdiyeva S, Murphy D, Munoz-Jordan J, Medina F, Paz-Bailey G, Petersen K, Becker K, Sharp T. Dengue Virus Infections among Peace Corps Volunteers in Timor-Leste, 2018–2019. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 104: 2202-2209. PMID: 33901000, PMCID: PMC8176509, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDengue virus infectionMosquito avoidance behaviorsVirus infectionPeace Corps volunteersAnti-DENV IgM antibodiesPeace Corps Medical OfficersOngoing health risksReporting feverDENV infectionIgM antibodiesRecent infectionEpidemiological characteristicsClinical managementMedical recordsMosquito bitesBed netsCollected bloodHealth servicesTravel historyDisease severityDisease controlInfectionMedical officersPreventive measuresDengue
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