Exposure to mosquito-borne diseases may give some immunity to dengue fever Covid-19, Reuters quoted a new study as saying on Monday.
The study, published so far, analyzed coronavirus outbreaks in Brazil and reported a newswire between the outbreak of the virus and the subsequent outbreak of dengue fever.
The study, led by Duke University professor Mickel Nichols, reports that the geographical distribution of coronavirus cases is comparable to the spread of dengue in 2019 and 2020.
Nicolilis has found that places with low coronavirus infection rates and slow case growth are also places that have had a severe dengue outbreak this year or so.
Referring to dengue virus antibodies and novel coronavirus, according to the research, this research raises an interesting possibility of immunological cross-reactivity between dengue flavivirus serotypes and SARS-Cavi-2.
The researchers told Reuters that the results were particularly interesting because previous studies had shown that people with dengue antibodies in their blood could be falsely tested for covoid-19 antibodies even if they were not infected with the coronavirus.
“This suggests that there is an immune interaction between the two viruses that no one could have even anticipated, as the two viruses belong to completely different families.”
He added that further studies are needed to prove the connection.
According to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University, U.S. And India has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the world. It recorded more than 45 million cases and 136,895 deaths.
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