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Serological and virological features of dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever in Thailand from 1999 to 2002

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2005

S. ANANTAPREECHA ,
S. CHANAMA ,
A. A-NUEGOONPIPAT ,
S. NAEMKHUNTHOT ,
A. SA-NGASANG ,
P. SAWANPANYALERT  and
I. KURANE
S. ANANTAPREECHA
Affiliation:
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand
S. CHANAMA
Affiliation:
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand
A. A-NUEGOONPIPAT
Affiliation:
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand
S. NAEMKHUNTHOT
Affiliation:
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand
A. SA-NGASANG
Affiliation:
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand
P. SAWANPANYALERT
Affiliation:
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand
I. KURANE
Affiliation:
Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162–8640, Japan
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Serological and virological features of dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Thailand were analysed in 2715 patients from 1999 to 2002. The illness was caused by DEN-1 in 45%, DEN-2 in 32%, DEN-3 in 18% and DEN-4 in 5% of patients. Almost all of the DHF cases caused by DEN-2 and DEN-4 were in secondary infection, while approximately 20% of the DHF cases caused by DEN-1 and DEN-3 were in primary infection. Male[ratio ]female ratio and age distribution were not different among four serotypes in primary and secondary infections. These results indicate that DEN-1 and DEN-3 induce DHF in both primary and secondary infections, and suggest that DEN-2 and DEN-4 in Thailand are less likely to cause DHF in primary infections.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 133 , Issue 3 , June 2005 , pp. 503 - 507
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press