The association between obesity and dengue severity among pediatric patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohd Syis Zulkipli; Maznah Dahlui; Nor’ashikin Jamil; Devi Peramalah; Hoe Victor Chee Wai; Awang Bulgiba; Sanjay Rampal

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006263

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The association between obesity and dengue severity among pediatric patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohd Syis Zulkipli ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: msyizz@yahoo.com (MSZ); srampal@ummc.edu.my (SR)

Affiliations Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7335-5169

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Maznah Dahlui,

Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Nor’ashikin Jamil,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Devi Peramalah,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Hoe Victor Chee Wai,

Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Awang Bulgiba,

Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Sanjay Rampal

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: msyizz@yahoo.com (MSZ); srampal@ummc.edu.my (SR)

Affiliation Julius Centre University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The association between obesity and dengue severity among pediatric patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohd Syis Zulkipli,
Maznah Dahlui,
Nor’ashikin Jamil,
Devi Peramalah,
Hoe Victor Chee Wai,
Awang Bulgiba,
Sanjay Rampal

Published: February 7, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006263

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