Lower Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels Are Associated with Severe Dengue Outcome.

• Main Authors: Hope H Biswas (Author), Aubree Gordon (Author), Andrea Nuñez (Author), Maria Angeles Perez (Author), Angel Balmaseda (Author), Eva Harris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dengue virus (DENV) is a flavivirus of worldwide importance, with approximately 4 billion people across 128 countries at risk of infection, and up to 390 million infections and 96 million clinically apparent cases estimated annually. Previous in vitro studies have shown that lipids and lipoproteins...