Fluid Intake and Decreased Risk for Hospitalization for Dengue Fever, Nicaragua

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Authors

Eva Harris · University of California, Berkeley

Leonel Pérez · Ministerio de Salud

Christina R. Phares · University of California, Berkeley

María de los Ángeles Muñoz Pérez · Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesús Rivera

Wendy Idiaquez · Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesús Rivera

Julio Rocha

Ricardo Cuadra

E Zorrilla Hernández

Abstract

In a hospital and health center-based study in Nicaragua, fluid intake during the 24 hours before being seen by a clinician was statistically associated with decreased risk for hospitalization of dengue fever patients. Similar results were obtained for children <15 years of age and older adolescents and adults in independent analyses.

Topics & Keywords

Mosquito-borne diseases and control Malaria Research and Control Viral Infections and Vectors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 9, Issue 8, pp. 1003-1006

DOI: 10.3201/eid0908.020456

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