Tittarelli E, Barrero PR, Mistchenko AS, Valinotto LE. Secondary dengue virus infections during the 2009 outbreak in Buenos Aires.
Trop Med Int Health 2015;
21:28-32. [PMID:
26458156 DOI:
10.1111/tmi.12619]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the occurrence of secondary dengue virus (DENV) infections during the 2009 outbreak in a non-endemic area. Viral loads were evaluated in serum from acute-phase patients, comparing primary and secondary infection.
METHODS
Serum samples from patients with clinical diagnosis of suspected dengue were referred to the Virology Laboratory at 'Ricardo Gutiérrez' Children's Hospital. Dengue-positive samples were classified as primary or secondary DENV infections through serological methods (anti-DENV IgM and IgG). Viral loads were measured by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) in samples obtained in the first 5 days of infection. Statistical analyses were performed to evaluate factors that might correlate with differences in the viral load of primary or secondary infection.
RESULTS
A total of 229 DENV cases were confirmed; among them, 22.7% were secondary infections. No significant differences were found between the viral load of primary and secondary infections.
CONCLUSION
We detected a high percentage of secondary DENV infections in a non-endemic area; this finding might correspond to socio-demographic characteristics of the group under study or indicate a previous cryptic DENV circulation causing inapparent infections.
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