Association of Allergic Symptoms with Dengue Infection and Severity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

The relationship between the severity of dengue infection and allergy is still obscure. We conducted an electronic search across 12 databases for relevant articles reporting allergic symptoms, dengue infection, and dengue classification. These studies were categorized according to dengue severity an...

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Published in:Virologica Sinica 2020-02, Vol.35 (1), p.83-92
Main Authors: Kien, Nguyen Dang, El-Qushayri, Amr Ehab, Ahmed, Ali Mahmoud, Safi, Adnan, Mageed, Sarah Abdel, Mehyar, Samar Muhammed, Hashan, Mohammad Rashidul, Karimzadeh, Sedighe, Hirayama, Kenji, Huy, Nguyen Tien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asthma
Asthma - virology
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Dengue - classification
Dengue - complications
Dengue fever
Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Food allergies
Humans
Hypersensitivity - virology
Immunoglobulin E
Immunoglobulin E - blood
Infections
Medical Microbiology
Meta-analysis
Microbial Genetics and Genomics
Microbiology
Oncology
Pruritus
Pruritus - virology
Research Article
Severe Dengue - complications
Severity of Illness Index
Virology
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Summary:The relationship between the severity of dengue infection and allergy is still obscure. We conducted an electronic search across 12 databases for relevant articles reporting allergic symptoms, dengue infection, and dengue classification. These studies were categorized according to dengue severity and allergy symptoms, and a meta-analysis was performed by pooling the studies in each category. Among the included 57 articles, pruritus was the most common allergic sign followed by non-specified allergy and asthma (28.6%, 13%, and 6.5%, respectively). Despite the reported significant association of dengue with pruritus and total IgE level ( P  
ISSN:1674-0769
1995-820X
DOI:10.1007/s12250-019-00165-6