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A NEW APPROACH TO DENGUE FATAL CASES DIAGNOSIS: NS1 ANTIGEN CAPTURE IN TISSUES
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Pedro Kourı Institute of Tropical Medicine. PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and Its Vector. National Reference Laboratory for Dengue, Virology Department. Havana, Cuba.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Pedro Kourı Institute of Tropical Medicine. PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and Its Vector. National Reference Laboratory for Dengue, Virology Department. Havana, Cuba.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Flavivírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil
Abstract
Dengue is the most important arthropod borne viral disease worldwide in terms of morbidity and
mortality and is caused by any of the four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV-1 to 4). Brazil is responsible for approximately
80% of dengue cases in the Americas, and since the introduction of dengue in 1986, a total of 5,944,270 cases have been
reported including 21,596 dengue hemorrhagic fever and 874 fatal cases. DENV can infect many cell types and cause diverse
clinical and pathological effects. The goal of the study was to investigate the usefulness of NS1 capture tests as an
alternative tool to detect DENV in tissue specimens from previously confirmed dengue fatal cases (n = 23) that occurred in
2002 in Brazil.
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