2024-04-22 バーミンガム大学
Dengue fever is the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease globally and poses a threat to half of the world’s population. Image credit: Jimmy Chan
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- https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/dengue-fever-infections-have-negative-impacts-on-infant-health-for-three-years-study
- https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20210656&&from=f
母親のデング熱と子供の健康結果 Maternal Dengue and Health Outcomes of Children
Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner, Lívia Menezes
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Published:2, APRIL 2024
DOI: 10.1257/app.20210656
Abstract
We study the effect of maternal dengue infections on birth outcomes using linked administrative records from Brazil estimating maternal fixed-effect specifications. In contrast to previous studies, we find robust evidence for the negative effect of dengue infections on birth weight (BW). The effect is particularly pronounced at lower parts of the BW distribution, with an increase of 15 percent, 67 percent, and 133 percent for low, very low, and extremely low BW, respectively. We also document large increases in children’s hospitalizations and medical expenditures for up to three years after birth.
