Submitted:
02 April 2020
Posted:
03 April 2020
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Preprints on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
Abstract
We observed that global severity maps of ongoing dengue epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic do not overlap. Countries where dengue is highly endemic (>1.5 million cases/year) appear to be less hit by COVID-19 pandemic in terms of infection and transmission. Other evidences also support our proposition that pre-exposure to other wide-spread viral infections like dengue may thwart the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords:
Dengue
; COVID-19
; SARS-CoV-2
; epidemiology
; infection
; mortality
; cross-protection
; Dengue vaccine
; ELISA
; Dengvaxia
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