Open AccessDengue and post-infection fatigue: findings from a prospective cohort—the Colombo Dengue Study
Author(s) -
Ponsuge Chathurani Sigera,
Senaka Rajapakse,
Praveen Weeratunga,
Nipun Lakshitha de Silva,
Laksiri Gomes,
Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige,
Chaturaka Rodrigo,
Sumadhya Deepika Fernando
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/traa110
Subject(s) - dengue fever , medicine , prospective cohort study , dengue virus , cohort study , confidence interval , cohort , immunology
Previous studies on post-infection fatigue in dengue are few but suggest that up to 25% of dengue patients may suffer from fatigue. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and associations of post-infection fatigue in dengue patients compared with non-dengue fever patients.