Diagnóstico sorológico de infecções por dengue e febre amarela em casos suspeitos no Estado do Pará, Brasil, 1999

Translated title of the contribution: Serological diagnosis of dengue and yellow fever infections in suspected cases from Pará State, Brazil, 1999

Tais Pinheiro De Araújo, Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Maria Irene Weyl de A. Costa, Pedro Fernando Da Costa Vasconcelos, Amélia P.A. Travassos da Rosa

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Abstract

From June to December 1999, 785 serum samples were obtained from patients clinically suspected of having dengue or yellow fever. The patients were referred by public health centers distributed within the six mesoregions of Pará State, Brazil. Serum samples were tested for Flavivirus antibodies by hemagglutination inhibition test and for dengue and yellow fever viruses by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for IgM detection. Of the sera collected, 563 (71.7%) were positive by HI test and out of these 150 (26.6%) were positive by ELISA-IgM. Dengue virus was responsible for most of the recent infections in all regions; yellow fever cases detected in the current study were restricted to the Marajó and Southeast regions.

Translated title of the contributionSerological diagnosis of dengue and yellow fever infections in suspected cases from Pará State, Brazil, 1999
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)579-584
Number of pages6
JournalRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Volume35
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Brazil
  • Dengue fever
  • Flavivirus
  • Pará State
  • Serological diagnostic
  • Yellow fever

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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