Dengue virus infections and maternal antibody decay in a prospective birth cohort study of Vietnamese infants.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever can occur in primary dengue virus (DENV) infection of infants. The decay of maternally derived DENV immunoglobulin (Ig) G and the incidence of DENV infection were determined in a prospectively studied cohort of 1244 Vietnamese infants. Higher concentrations of total IgG and...

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Main Authors: Chau, T, Hieu, N, Anders, K, Wolbers, M, Lien, L, Hieu, LT, Hien, T, Hung, N, Farrar, J, Whitehead, S, Simmons, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009