The detection of anti-dengue virus IgM in urine in participants enrolled in an acute febrile illness study in Puerto Rico.

BACKGROUND:Dengue is an important arboviral disease with about 100 million dengue cases per year, of which, ~5% result in severe disease. Clinical differentiation of dengue from other acute febrile illnesses (AFI) is difficult, and diagnostic blood tests are costly. We evaluated the utility of anti-...

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Main Authors: Elba Caraballo, B Katherine Poole-Smith, Kay M Tomashek, Brenda Torres-Velasquez, Luisa I Alvarado, Olga D Lorenzi, Carmen Ramos, Jessica Carrión, Elizabeth Hunsperger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007971