Positive Rate of Antibody Against Dengue Virus for Korean Who Traveled to Dengue Epidemic Area / 감염과화학요법
Infection and Chemotherapy
;
: 234-240, 2004.
Artículo
en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-722290
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Recently, dengue fever has increased throughout tropical regions and emerged as the most important vector borne viral disease in human. 4 serotypes of viruses are circulating concurrently in these regions and thus it may be anticipated to increase risk of dengue hemorrhagic fever. Even though dengue fever is still not endemic in Korea, it is necessary to test antibodies against dengue viruses because the number of Koreans who have visited these regions is continuously increasing. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Serum specimens from persons with suspected dengue fever had been collected. Commercial kit, immunochromatographic test (ICA), and the IgM capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MAC-ELISA) were employed for dengue fever detection in these studies. For confirmation randomized 25 specimens among total of 99 specimens were selected and compared with those results from commercial kit and IFA.RESULTS:
33 (33.3%) among 99 specimens showed positive antibody against dengue virus by commercial kit. Positive rate of traveller who have visited Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thiland was 54.5%. To compare the efficiency of test methods, 25 randomly selected specimens were tested by the MAC-ELISA and IFA simultaneously. 9 specimens showed postive results with the MAC-ELISA method whereas 13 speciments were positive with the IFA methods.CONCLUSION:
Confirming the diagnosis of dengue fever with antibody against dengue virus was attempted for the first time in Korea. The results from our study indicate that establishing a national surveillance and/or laboratory diagnostic system in Korea are necessary. In addtion, antibody test strategies for national surveillance system should be carefully considered.
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WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
Asunto principal:
Filipinas
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Virosis
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Inmunoglobulina M
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Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática
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Dengue Grave
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Dengue
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Virus del Dengue
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Diagnóstico
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Indonesia
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Corea (Geográfico)
Tipo de estudio:
Ensayo Clínico Controlado
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Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Infection and Chemotherapy
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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