Serologic Evidence of Dengue Infection before Onset of Epidemic, Bangladesh

Serologic Evidence of Dengue Infection before Onset of Epidemic, Bangladesh

Dengue fever emerged in Bangladesh in 2000. We tested 225 serum and plasma samples from febrile patients and 184 blood donors in 1996 and 1997 for dengue antibodies; 55 (24.4%) febrile patients had dengue antibodies (65.5% with secondary infection pattern), compared with one (0.54%) donor (p < 0....

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Main Authors: M. Anowar Hossain, Mahmuda Khatun, Farzana Arjumand, Ananda Nisaluk, Robert F. Breiman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bangladesh
dengue
Japanese encephalitis
MAC ELISA
seroprevalence
typhoid
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/11/03-0117_article

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