Underreporting of Dengue-4 in Brazil Due to Low Sensitivity of the NS1 Ag Test in Routine Control Programs

We have identified fifty-eight samples that were positive for Dengue-4 among 119 samples with negative diagnoses for dengue via the Platelia™ dengue NS1 Ag in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil. We determined that the low sensitivity of the NS1 Ag test could be related to secondary dengue infections...

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Autores principales: Sea, Vanessa Ramos Faria, Cruz, Ana Cecília Ribeiro, Gurgel, Ricardo Q., Nunes, Bruno Tardelli Diniz, Silva, Eliana Vieira Pinto, Dolabella, Silvio S., dos Santos, Roseli La Corte
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23717529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064056

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