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Hombach J, Cardosa MJ, Sabchareon A, Vaughn DW, Barrett ADT. Scientific consultation on immunological correlates of protection induced by dengue vaccines report from a meeting held at the World Health Organization 17-18 November 2005. Vaccine 2007; 25:4130-9. [PMID: 17428588 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.02.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 02/27/2007] [Accepted: 02/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Several dengue vaccine candidates have been evaluated in early clinical phase, and some are scheduled for efficacy testing in population-based studies. Given the advancements in dengue vaccine development, there is an increased interest in identifying immunological correlates of protection for these vaccines in order to facilitate their evaluation, further refinement, production and registration. To this end, the WHO Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR) convened a consultation on primary and secondary immunological correlates of protection induced by dengue vaccines. The meeting was held on the 17th and 18th of November, 2005 at WHO headquarters in Geneva. The consultation was a first dedicated review of the available data in support of establishing correlates. It is concluded that it is not yet possible to define one specific set of correlates, the consultation concluded in recommendations that should help to gather the missing evidence in conjunction with future vaccine trials.
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- Joachim Hombach
- Initiative for Vaccine Research, World Health Organization, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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de la C Sierra B, García G, Pérez AB, Morier L, Alvarez M, Kourí G, Guzmán MG. Ethnicity and difference in dengue virus-specific memory T cell responses in Cuban individuals. Viral Immunol 2007; 19:662-8. [PMID: 17201661 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2006.19.662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The different risk factors associated with dengue hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis needs yet additional clarification. The exceptional epidemiological circumstances in Cuba allow their evaluation in a well-defined situation. In the present study the memory T cell response of 80 Cuban donors previously infected with dengue-1 and dengue-2 during the 1977 and 1981 epidemics, and belonging to different ethnic groups, was examined. White people showed, in contrast to black people, stronger and remarkably cross-reactive dengue virus-specific memory CD4(+) T lymphocyte proliferation and interferon-gamma release. The observed variation in T cell response according to ethnicity could be related to the immunopathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever, and may partially explain the epidemiological evidence that black individuals are at lower risk for the most severe dengue clinical course compared with white individuals.
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- Beatriz de la C Sierra
- Immunology Laboratory and Arbovirus Laboratory, Department of Virology, Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, La Lisa, Havana, Cuba.
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Guzman MG, Alvarez M, Rodriguez-Roche R, Bernardo L, Montes T, Vazquez S, Morier L, Alvarez A, Gould EA, Kouri G, Halstead SB. Neutralizing antibodies after infection with dengue 1 virus. Emerg Infect Dis 2007; 13:282-6. [PMID: 17479892 PMCID: PMC2725871 DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.060539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Severity of disease is markedly increased when infection with dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) follows infection with DENV-1 at an interval of 20 years. Studies have shown that heterologous neutralizing antibody titers are inversely correlated with severity of a second infection. If this mechanism controlled disease severity in Cuba, heterotypic antibody titers should have declined over time. To determine whether phenotypic changes in dengue antibodies occur over time, we analyzed serum samples collected 4-8 and 20-22 years after DENV-1 infection. We found a significant increase in mean titer of homologous DENV-1 neutralizing antibodies and a significant decrease in heterologous antibodies to 1 of 2 genotypes of DENV-2 virus (the American genotype). Asian DENV-2 viruses were not neutralized during either interval; however, the American genotype underwent phenotypic changes in heterotypic viral neutralizing antibodies in the predicted direction. This finding may be related to the time-dependent changes in severity of disease found with secondary dengue infection.
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- Maria G Guzman
- "Pedro Kouri" Tropical Medicine Institute, Havana, Cuba.
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Toledo Romani ME, Vanlerberghe V, Perez D, Lefevre P, Ceballos E, Bandera D, Baly Gil A, Van der Stuyft P. Achieving sustainability of community-based dengue control in Santiago de Cuba. Soc Sci Med 2007; 64:976-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Toledo ME, Vanlerberghe V, Baly A, Ceballos E, Valdes L, Searret M, Boelaert M, van der Stuyft P. Towards active community participation in dengue vector control: results from action research in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2007; 101:56-63. [PMID: 16824565 DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Revised: 03/21/2006] [Accepted: 03/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Community participation is advocated as essential for attaining effective dengue prevention, but knowledge of how to foster this is limited. In Santiago de Cuba, multiple small task forces were created at the neighbourhood level that included all stakeholders in the control of Aedes aegypti. The task forces assessed the perceived needs and elaborated action plans to promote specific behavioural change and to reduce environmental risks through social communication strategies and intersectoral local government activities. We monitored five dimensions of the participation process and assessed behavioural and environmental results and entomological outcomes. Participation was weak to good. At the household level, uncovered water storage containers decreased from 49.3% to 2.6% between 2000 and 2002, and removing larvicide from them dropped from 45.5% to 1%. There was a reduction of 75% in the absolute number of positive containers and a significant decrease from 1.23% to 0.35% in the house index. Local task forces, in which the interests of householders as well as vector control workers are directly represented, can lead to effective government-community partnerships that resolve problems of mutual concern.
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- M E Toledo
- Department of Epidemiology, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri, Autopista Novia del Mediodia Km 6 1/2 La Lisa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
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Bultó PLO, Rodríguez AP, Valencia AR, Vega NL, Gonzalez MD, Carrera AP. Assessment of human health vulnerability to climate variability and change in Cuba. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2006; 114:1942-9. [PMID: 17185289 PMCID: PMC1764156 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In this study we assessed the potential effects of climate variability and change on population health in Cuba. We describe the climate of Cuba as well as the patterns of climate-sensitive diseases of primary concern, particularly dengue fever. Analyses of the associations between climatic anomalies and disease patterns highlight current vulnerability to climate variability. We describe current adaptations, including the application of climate predictions to prevent disease outbreaks. Finally, we present the potential economic costs associated with future impacts due to climate change. The tools used in this study can be useful in the development of appropriate and effective adaptation options to address the increased climate variability associated with climate change.
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de la C Sierra B, Kourí G, Guzmán MG. Race: a risk factor for dengue hemorrhagic fever. Arch Virol 2006; 152:533-42. [PMID: 17106622 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0869-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2006] [Accepted: 09/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cuban DHF/DSS outbreaks have provided evidence of a reduced risk of people of Negroid race for DHF/DSS compared to those of Caucasoid race. These observations from Cuban dengue outbreaks have significant epidemiological interest, as the differences in susceptibility to DHF/DSS among racial groups in Cuba coincide with that reported in African and Black Caribbean populations. In this article, we review the literature on race as a risk factor for DHF/DSS and discuss recent results from ongoing studies. Taking into consideration the origins of contemporary Cuban inhabitants, we propose that the Cuban, Caribbean Black and African populations share a common gene pool that could explain, at least partially, the low incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Cuba and Caribbean and African countries. The central role played by immunological mechanisms in the pathogenesis of DHF/DSS has led us to consider that the polymorphic genes associated with the immune response must be carefully considered among those human genes regulating dengue disease severity that might be distributed unequally in Blacks and Whites.
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- B de la C Sierra
- Department of Virology, Institute for Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí, Habana, Cuba
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Bouldouyre MA, Baumann F, Berlioz-Arthaud A, Chungue E, Lacassin F. Factors of severity at admission during an epidemic of dengue 1 in New Caledonia (South Pacific) in 2003. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 38:675-81. [PMID: 16857614 DOI: 10.1080/00365540600606432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We report a retrospective study of an epidemic of dengue in New-Caledonia (South Pacific) in 2003 among adult inpatients. The aim was to establish clinical and biological criteria for the severity of the infection at the time of admission. During 7 months, all inpatients older than 15 y having a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of dengue fever (IgM or PCR) were included (n=170). Two groups were defined: severe cases (death and/or transfer to intensive care unit, n=24) and benign cases (n=146). Data were analysed using Epi-Info software. Univariate analysis showed that shock, haemorrhage and neurological complications were significantly more frequent in serious cases, respectively 37.5% vs 0.7%, 62.5% vs 32.2%, 25% vs 9.6% (p<0.05). Relevant biological criteria were: creatinine > 140 micromol/l (OR 12 (95% CI 3.93-37.44)), free bilirubin > 18 micromol/l (OR 12.69 ( 95% CI 2.88-59.5)), amylase > 220 UI/l (OR 27.34 (95% CI 4.57-210)) and platelets < 45,000/mm3 (OR 4.35 (95% CI 1.43-14.2)) with p<0.005 (VPP = 100% for association of 3 criteria). We suggest this combination of 4 biological criteria inclines to severity.
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Kong YY, Thay CH, Tin TC, Devi S. Rapid detection, serotyping and quantitation of dengue viruses by TaqMan real-time one-step RT-PCR. J Virol Methods 2006; 138:123-30. [PMID: 17000012 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2006] [Revised: 08/01/2006] [Accepted: 08/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in molecular diagnosis is now accepted worldwide and has become an essential tool in the research laboratory. In the laboratory, a rapid detection, serotyping and quantitation, one-step real-time RT-PCR assay was developed for dengue virus using TaqMan probes. In this assay, a set of forward and reverse primers were designed targeting the serotype conserved region at the NS5 gene, at the same time flanking a variable region for all four serotypes which were used to design the serotype-specific TaqMan probes. This multiplex one-step RT-PCR assay was evaluated using 376 samples collected during the year 2003. These groups included RNA from prototype dengue virus (1-4), RNA from acute serum from which dengue virus was isolated, RNA from tissue culture supernatants of dengue virus isolated, RNA from seronegative acute samples (which were culture and IgM negative) and RNA from samples of dengue IgM positive sera. The specificity of this assay was also evaluated using a panel of sera which were positive for other common tropical disease agents including herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, measles virus, varicella-zoster virus, rubella virus, mumps virus, WWF, West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, S. typhi, Legionella, Leptospira, Chlamydia, and Mycoplasma. The sensitivity, specificity and real-time PCR efficiency of this assay were 89.54%, 100% and 91.5%, respectively.
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- Yong Yean Kong
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Wang WK, Chen HL, Yang CF, Hsieh SC, Juan CC, Chang SM, Yu CC, Lin LH, Huang JH, King CC. Slower rates of clearance of viral load and virus-containing immune complexes in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever. Clin Infect Dis 2006; 43:1023-30. [PMID: 16983615 DOI: 10.1086/507635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 07/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although previous studies have revealed the contribution of an initial high level of dengue virus replication to the severe and potentially life-threatening diseases dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome, the involvement of dengue virus in the immunopathological processes during the transition from fever to defervescence, which is a critical stage in determining the progression to DHF, has not been appreciated. Previously, we reported that dengue virus can be detected in the immune complexes of patients with DHF during this period. METHODS We investigated plasma dengue viral load, virus in immune complexes, antibody response, complements, and cytokines for 54 patients with dengue fever (a relatively mild form of disease) and 49 patients with DHF. The patients had confirmed secondary infection with dengue virus type 2 from a large outbreak in southern Taiwan in 2002. RESULTS Patients with DHF had a significantly higher viral load and a slower rate of clearance than patients with dengue fever. For viral loads >5.7 log RNA copies/mL on the day of defervescence, the positive and negative predictive values for DHF are 0.88 and 0.95, respectively. A higher level and slower decline of dengue virus-containing immune complexes (and a subsequently higher elevation of C5a and soluble interleukin 2 receptor) were found in patients with DHF, compared with patients with dengue fever. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that slower rates of clearance of viral load and virus-containing immune complexes are associated with subsequent immune activation and contribute to the progression of DHF at this critical stage. Moreover, viral load on the day of defervescence can predict cases of DHF.
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- Wei-Kung Wang
- Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
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Fink J, Gu F, Vasudevan SG. Role of T cells, cytokines and antibody in dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever. Rev Med Virol 2006; 16:263-75. [PMID: 16791836 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Dengue infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. There is no vaccine for dengue and also there are no anti-viral drugs to treat the infection. Some patients, typically those experiencing a secondary infection with a different dengue serotype, may progress from an acute febrile disease to the more severe forms of disease, dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Here we discuss the significant immunopathological component to severe disease and how T cells, cytokines and cross-reactive antibody combine to contribute to the progression to dengue haemorrhagic fever. These events are thought to lead to vascular leakage, the signature event in dengue haemorrhagic fever, and are addressed in this review by incorporating the concept of heterologous T cell immunity. The need for effective measures against dengue and dengue-related illness is clear. We propose that drugs against dengue virus, or the symptoms of severe dengue disease, are a viable goal.
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- Joshua Fink
- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, 10 Biopolis Road, #05-01 Chromos, Singapore
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Blaney JE, Durbin AP, Murphy BR, Whitehead SS. Development of a live attenuated dengue virus vaccine using reverse genetics. Viral Immunol 2006; 19:10-32. [PMID: 16553547 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2006.19.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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There are four serotypes of dengue (DEN1-DEN4) virus that are endemic in most areas of Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and other subtropical regions. The number of cases of severe disease associated with DEN virus infection is growing because of the continued spread of the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti, which transmits the virus to humans. Infection with DEN virus can result in an asymptomatic infection, a febrile illness called dengue fever (DF), and the very severe disease called dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS). Currently, a licensed vaccine is not available. However, a tetravalent vaccine is urgently needed to prevent DF and DHF/DSS, the latter of which occurs predominantly in partially immune individuals. A live attenuated, tetravalent DEN virus vaccine candidate has been generated using reverse genetics that is able to provide immunity to each of the four serotypes of DEN. Attenuation has been achieved by generating recombinant DEN (rDEN) viruses which are modified by deletion or, alternatively, by antigenic chimerization between two related DEN viruses using the following two strategies: 1) introduction of an attenuating 30 nucleotide deletion (Delta30) mutation into the 3' untranslated region of DEN1 and DEN4; and 2) replacement of structural proteins of the attenuated rDEN4Delta30 vaccine candidate with those from DEN2 or DEN3. Attenuation of the four monovalent vaccine candidates has been achieved for rhesus monkeys or humans and an immunogenic tetravalent vaccine candidate has been formulated. The level of attenuation of each dengue vaccine component can be increased, if needed, by introduction of additional attenuating mutations that have been well characterized.
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- Joseph E Blaney
- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, LID, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8133, USA.
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Malavige GN, Ranatunga PK, Velathanthiri VGNS, Fernando S, Karunatilaka DH, Aaskov J, Seneviratne SL. Patterns of disease in Sri Lankan dengue patients. Arch Dis Child 2006; 91:396-400. [PMID: 16449254 PMCID: PMC2082720 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.085191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dengue is the most important mosquito borne viral infection in the world. Nearly 90% of infections occur in children. At present, prospective information on clinical and laboratory findings in South Asian children with dengue is generally lacking. AIM To describe patterns of clinical disease in a cohort of children hospitalised with dengue during a major dengue epidemic in Sri Lanka. RESULTS A total of 104 children were studied during a three month period. Eighteen had dengue fever (DF) and 86 had dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF). Of those with DHF, 34, 23, 27, and 2 had DHF grade I, II, III, and IV respectively. Based on dengue serology testing, 13 of the DF patients had a primary infection and 5 had secondary dengue infections. In contrast, 68 of the children with DHF had secondary and 18 had primary dengue infections. Oral candidiasis was seen in 19 children. The odds ratio for children with secondary dengue infection to develop DHF was 9.8 (95% CI 3.1 to 31.2). CONCLUSION Studies on patterns of paediatric dengue disease in different regions should help clinicians and health administrators make more informed and evidence based health planning decisions. It should also help towards mapping out dengue trends on a global scale. Oral candidiasis has not been previously documented in children suffering with acute dengue in Sri Lanka or elsewhere. Studying underlying reasons for this manifestation during future dengue epidemics may provide useful leads in understanding overall dengue pathogenesis.
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- G N Malavige
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka
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Díaz-Quijano FA, Martínez-Vega RA, Villar-Centeno LA. [Early indicators of severity in dengue virus infection]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2006; 23:529-32. [PMID: 16324564 DOI: 10.1157/13080262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify clinical markers of severity in dengue, different from those of major hemorrhage. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. POPULATION AND METHODS Patients with a diagnosis of dengue infection admitted to hospitals in Santander (Colombia) during the years 1993 to 1998 were studied. On admittance or during hospitalization, patients were classified as cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue fever (DF). Clinical findings differing from those of major hemorrhage were recorded in the emergency room and during the first assessment at hospitalization. The association between these findings and the outcome of DHF were evaluated using univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS 891 patients (DF: 420; DHF: 471) were included in the study. Associations were found between DHF and the following signs and symptoms: vomiting (OR: 1.89; 95% CI: 1.37-2.6; p = 0.0001); gingival hemorrhage (OR: 1.55; 95% CI: 1.11-2.18; p = 0.01); epistaxis (OR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.28-2.48; p = 0.001); hepatomegaly (OR: 2.56; 95% CI: 1.61-4.07; p < 0.0001); microscopic hematuria (OR: 2.33; 95% CI: 1.36-4; p = 0.002); and rash (OR: 1.36; 95% CI: 1.04-1.77; p = 0.02). The hematocrit in the emergency room and on the first day of hospitalization was significantly higher in the group with DHF (p < 0.001, in both observations). On multivariate analysis, the hematocrit from DHF patients obtained in the emergency room was higher than that from DF, independently of the other relevant variables (difference: 3.65; 95% CI: 2.81-4.49). CONCLUSION Under the study conditions, there was an association between early clinical findings and DHF. These results must be evaluated in a cohort study.
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- Fredi Alexander Díaz-Quijano
- Centro de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
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Díaz-Quijano FA, Villar-Centeno LA, Martínez-Vega RA. [Effectiveness of early dipyrone administration on severity of dengue virus infection in a prospective cohort]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2006; 23:593-7. [PMID: 16324548 DOI: 10.1157/13081567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of dipyrone administration in the first days of the disease on the severity of dengue infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective cohort study in adults (> 12 years) with dengue virus infection, confirmed by specific IgM titers in paired samples or isolation of the virus. The patients were enrolled in the first 96 hours of the disease. Basic demographic details, symptoms, drugs received and examination findings were recorded at admittance. A detailed clinical examination and hematocrit determination were done every day by a member of the study team until day 7 of disease. Platelet count was performed at baseline and with the development of spontaneous bleeding or evidence of plasma leakage. The association between dipyrone use in the first 96 hours of disease and the risk of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) was evaluated. RESULTS Seven of the 110 patients enrolled developed DHF. At admission, 17 patients had received dipyrone and administration of this drug was not related to the clinical manifestations of dengue, or the use of other medication. Dipyrone was associated with an increased risk of presenting DHF (RR = 7.29; 95% CI: 1.79-29.34; P = 0.0016). Minimum platelet count in the dipyrone group (median: 105,588.2 plat/microl), was significantly smaller than that of the control group (median: 145,698.9 plat/microl): difference = 40,110.69 plat/microl; 95% CI: 1597.36-78,624.02; P = 0.0414. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that early administration of dipyrone in patients with disease caused by dengue virus is associated with lower platelet counts and an increased risk of developing DHF.
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Carrington CVF, Foster JE, Pybus OG, Bennett SN, Holmes EC. Invasion and maintenance of dengue virus type 2 and type 4 in the Americas. J Virol 2006; 79:14680-7. [PMID: 16282468 PMCID: PMC1287558 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.23.14680-14687.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) was first reported in the Americas in 1981, where it caused epidemics of dengue fever throughout the region. In the same year, the region's first epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever was reported, caused by an Asian strain of dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) that was distinct from the American subtype circulating previously. Despite the importance of these epidemics, little is known about the rates or determinants of viral spread among island and mainland populations or their directions of movement. We employed a Bayesian coalescent approach to investigate the transmission histories of DENV-2 and DENV-4 since their introduction in 1981 and a parsimony method to assess patterns of strain migration. For both viruses there was an initial invasion phase characterized by an exponential increase in the number of DENV lineages, after which levels of genetic diversity remained constant despite reported fluctuations in DENV-2 and DENV-4 activity. Strikingly, viral lineage numbers increased far more rapidly for DENV-4 than DENV-2, indicative of a more rapid rate of exponential population growth in DENV-4 or a higher rate of geographic dispersal, allowing this virus to move more effectively among localities. We propose that these contrasting dynamics may reflect underlying differences in patterns of host immunity. Despite continued gene flow along particular transmission routes, the overall extent of viral traffic was less than expected under panmixis. Hence, DENV in the Americas has a clear geographic structure that maintains viral diversity between outbreaks.
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- Christine V F Carrington
- Department of Pre-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.
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Rogers DJ, Wilson AJ, Hay SI, Graham AJ. The global distribution of yellow fever and dengue. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2006; 62:181-220. [PMID: 16647971 PMCID: PMC3164798 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(05)62006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yellow fever has been subjected to partial control for decades, but there are signs that case numbers are now increasing globally, with the risk of local epidemic outbreaks. Dengue case numbers have also increased dramatically during the past 40 years and different serotypes have invaded new geographical areas. Despite the temporal changes in these closely related diseases, and their enormous public health impact, few attempts have been made to collect a comprehensive dataset of their spatial and temporal distributions. For this review, records of the occurrence of both diseases during the 20th century have been collected together and are used to define their climatic limits using remotely sensed satellite data within a discriminant analytical model framework. The resulting risk maps for these two diseases identify their different environmental requirements, and throw some light on their potential for co-occurrence in Africa and South East Asia.
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- D J Rogers
- TALA Research Group, Tinbergen Building, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
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- Jan Bronnert
- German Naval Medical Institute, Kronshagen/Kiel, Germany.
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Holmes DA, Purdy DE, Chao DY, Noga AJ, Chang GJJ. Comparative analysis of immunoglobulin M (IgM) capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using virus-like particles or virus-infected mouse brain antigens to detect IgM antibody in sera from patients with evident flaviviral infections. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:3227-36. [PMID: 16000440 PMCID: PMC1169144 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.7.3227-3236.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The use of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MAC-ELISA) serves as a valuable tool for the diagnosis of acute flaviviral infections, since IgM antibody titers are detectable early, peak at about 2 weeks postinfection, and subsequently decline to lower levels over the next few months. Traditionally, virus-infected tissue culture or suckling mouse brain (SMB) has been the source of viral antigens used in the assay. In an effort to provide a reliable source of standardized viral antigens for serodiagnosis of the medically important flaviviruses, we have developed a eukaryotic plasmid vector to express the premembrane/membrane and envelope proteins which self-assemble into noninfectious virus-like particles (VLPs). In addition to the plasmids for Japanese encephalitis virus, West Nile virus (WNV), St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV), and dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) reported earlier, we recently constructed the DENV-1, -3, and -4 VLP expression plasmids. Three blind-coded human serum panels were assembled from patients having recent DENV, SLEV, and WNV infections to assess the sensitivity and specificity of the MAC-ELISA using VLPs or SMB antigens. In addition, serum specimens from patients infected with either Powassan virus or La Crosse encephalitis virus were used to evaluate the cross-reactivity of seven mosquito-borne viral antigens. The results of the present studies showed higher sensitivity when using SLEV and WNV VLPs and higher specificity when using SLEV, WNV, and the mixture of DENV-1 to -4 VLPs in the MAC-ELISA than when using corresponding SMB antigens. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, a plot of the sensitivity versus false positive rate (100 - specificity), was applied to discriminate the accuracy of tests comparing the use of VLPs and SMB antigen. The measurement of assay performance by the ROC analysis indicated that there were statistically significant differences in assay performance between DENV and WNV VLPs and the respective SMB antigens. Additionally, VLPs had a lower cutoff positive/negative ratio than corresponding SMB antigens when employed for the confirmation of current infections. The VLPs also performed better than SMB antigens in the MAC-ELISA, as indicated by a higher positive prediction value and positive likelihood ratio test. Cell lines continuously secreting these VLPs are therefore a significantly improved source of serodiagnostic antigens compared to the traditional sources of virus-infected tissue culture or suckling mouse brain.
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- Derek A Holmes
- Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, USA
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McBride WJH. Deaths associated with dengue haemorrhagic fever: the first in Australia in over a century. Med J Aust 2005; 183:35-7. [PMID: 15992338 DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06889.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2004] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A dengue fever epidemic was recognised in the Torres Strait Islands of Queensland in late 2003. Two fatal cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever occurred in early 2004. This severe manifestation is more common when a patient is infected a second time, with a different virus serotype to the first infection. These are the first fatalities related to dengue fever in Australia in over a century.
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- William J H McBride
- School of Medicine, James Cook University, PO Box 902, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia.
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- Scott B Halstead
- Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
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Rodriguez-Roche R, Alvarez M, Gritsun T, Halstead S, Kouri G, Gould EA, Guzman MG. Virus evolution during a severe dengue epidemic in Cuba, 1997. Virology 2005; 334:154-9. [PMID: 15780865 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2004] [Revised: 01/06/2005] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Full-length genomic sequences from six DENV-2 isolates sampled at different times during a dengue outbreak that occurred in Cuba in 1997 were determined. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that these isolates fall into the "American/Asian" genotype. Genome analysis revealed strong conservation of the structural proteins and the non-coding regions (5' NCR and 3' NCR). Nucleotide substitutions were observed in non-structural genes and most notably in the NS5 gene. There was a clear pattern of virus evolution during the epidemic; the earliest isolates sampled differed from those sampled later by amino acid replacements in the NS1 and NS5 proteins, although there was no evidence that these represented escape mutants. Further studies are therefore required to define the functional role of amino acid replacements observed and their possible relation to disease severity.
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- Rosmari Rodriguez-Roche
- Department of Virology, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Viral Diseases, Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute, Autopista Novia del Mediodía, Km 6, PO Box 601, Marianao 13, Havana, Cuba
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Seet RCS, Ooi EE, Wong HB, Paton NI. An outbreak of primary dengue infection among migrant Chinese workers in Singapore characterized by prominent gastrointestinal symptoms and a high proportion of symptomatic cases. J Clin Virol 2005; 33:336-40. [PMID: 16036184 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2005.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2004] [Revised: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND An outbreak of dengue occurred among Chinese migrant workers at a construction site in Singapore that was characterized by a number of unusual features. METHODS Clinical and laboratory data were prospectively collected from workers who were hospitalized with fever. We compared the frequency of disease manifestations in these patients with historical data from other cases of dengue admitted to the same centre. A serological survey was performed at the construction site one month after the onset of the outbreak. RESULTS Thirty-nine patients were admitted from the affected construction site with confirmed acute dengue infection in March and April 2002. Fever, headache and rash were common and occurred at similar frequency in outbreak patients and historical controls. Gastrointestinal manifestations were significantly more common in the outbreak patients compared with controls (nausea 68%, diarrhea 41%, hyponatremia 47% and elevated urea 20%). Of the 274 studied in the serological survey, 27 had serological evidence of acute dengue, of whom 24 (89%) had experienced a febrile illness in the previous month. The virus was cultured and identified as Dengue-2. Few patients had a positive IgG for dengue indicating that this was likely a primary infection. CONCLUSION This outbreak of primary dengue infection was characterized by unusually prominent gastrointestinal symptoms and a high proportion of symptomatic transmission. Manifestations of dengue may be altered when outbreaks involve immunologically naïve adults who have migrated to dengue endemic areas.
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- Raymond C S Seet
- Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore.
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Monnin M, M'bou F. [An epidemic of dengue fever in a department of paediatrics: report on 58 cases in Lamentin (Martinique)]. Arch Pediatr 2005; 12:144-50. [PMID: 15694537 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2004.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2004] [Accepted: 11/03/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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UNLABELLED Dengue fever is caused by a virus transmitted by an Aedes mosquito, and infects 80 million people in the world annually. 30 000 case fatality of Dengue hemorrhagic fever are estimated each year. The disease, endemo-epidemic in the inter-tropical area, is a public health problem. PATIENTS AND METHODS An epidemic of dengue fever occurred in Martinique, French department of the Caribbean, in 2001-2002. This work was a clinical and epidemiologic study of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever in 58 children. RESULTS Three children (5%) developed a hemorrhagic dengue, and 13 subjects (24%) presented at least with one hemorrhagic sign. Symptoms were polymorphous, certain forms were only myalgic; the main reason for consultation was the fever (89%). The principal characteristics were a leucopenia (56%) associated with a neutropenia (80%), a thrombocytopenia (54%), a hepatic cytolysis (66%) and sometimes a muscular cytolysis (9/15) and a increase in the ferritinemia (16/27). No death was noted. CONCLUSION The treatment of the dengue is above all preventive, it consists in the antivector fight.
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- M Monnin
- Service de pédiatrie, centre hospitalier de Lamentin, 97232 Lamentin, Martinique
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Guha-Sapir D, Schimmer B. Dengue fever: new paradigms for a changing epidemiology. Emerg Themes Epidemiol 2005; 2:1. [PMID: 15743532 PMCID: PMC555563 DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Accepted: 03/02/2005] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne viral disease of public health significance. Compared with nine reporting countries in the 1950s, today the geographic distribution includes more than 100 countries worldwide. Many of these had not reported dengue for 20 or more years and several have no known history of the disease. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 2.5 billion people are at risk of dengue infection. First recognised in the 1950s, it has become a leading cause of child mortality in several Asian and South American countries. This paper reviews the changing epidemiology of the disease, focusing on host and societal factors and drawing on national and regional journals as well as international publications. It does not include vaccine and vector issues. We have selected areas where the literature raises challenges to prevailing views and those that are key for improved service delivery in poor countries. Shifts in modal age, rural spread, and social and biological determinants of race- and sex-related susceptibility have major implications for health services. Behavioural risk factors, individual determinants of outcome and leading indicators of severe illness are poorly understood, compromising effectiveness of control programmes. Early detection and case management practices were noted as a critical factor for survival. Inadequacy of sound statistical methods compromised conclusions on case fatality or disease-specific mortality rates, especially since the data were often based on hospitalised patients who actively sought care in tertiary centres. Well-targeted operational research, such as population-based epidemiological studies with clear operational objectives, is urgently needed to make progress in control and prevention.
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- Debarati Guha-Sapir
- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology Université catholique de Louvain 3094 Clos chapelle aux champs 1200 Brussels Belgium
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters Dept of Public Health and Epidemiology Université catholique de Louvain 3094 Clos chapelle aux champs 1200 Brussels Belgium
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Shu PY, Huang JH. Current advances in dengue diagnosis. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 11:642-50. [PMID: 15242935 PMCID: PMC440621 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.11.4.642-650.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Pei-Yun Shu
- Division of Laboratory Research and Development, Center for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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The conventional diagnosis of dengue virus infections includes the detection of the virus in serum or tissue samples, both by isolation in culture or through detection of specific viral molecules (genome RNA or dengue antigens) and detection of specific anti-dengue antibodies (serology). Isolation of dengue virus provides the most direct and conclusive approach to diagnosis, despite the demand for high-level equipment, technical skills and manpower. However, it is useless in early diagnosis because several days are required to isolate and classify the virus. Serology, despite being simpler, is not able to afford an accurate early diagnosis in primary infections because 4-5 days are required for the immune system to produce a sufficient amount of antibodies. Moreover, it leads to misleading results in secondary infections owing to cross-reactivity among serotype-specific antibodies and with other flavivirus antibodies. The RT-PCR and other PCR-based techniques are fast, serotype-discriminating, more sensitive and easier to carry out than conventional nucleic-acid hybridisation, but are handicapped by easy sample contamination and high technological demands. Recently, advances in bioelectronics have generated commercial kits and new techniques for detection of dengue antibodies and RNA, based on biosensor technology. Most of them are rapid, easy to operate, reusable, cheap, sensitive and serotype-specific. Nevertheless, their accuracy is still questionable because most still lack validation and standardisation. This review summarises and describes the techniques currently employed and anticipated in the near future for diagnosis of dengue disease.
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- F R R Teles
- Laboratório de Imunopatologia Keizo-Asami (LIKA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego 1235, Campus Universitário, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE-CEP: 50670-901, Brazil
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Saito M, Oishi K, Inoue S, Dimaano EM, Alera MTP, Robles AMP, Estrella BD, Kumatori A, Moji K, Alonzo MT, Buerano CC, Matias RR, Morita K, Natividad FF, Nagatake T. Association of increased platelet-associated immunoglobulins with thrombocytopenia and the severity of disease in secondary dengue virus infections. Clin Exp Immunol 2004; 138:299-303. [PMID: 15498040 PMCID: PMC1809201 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02626.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Severe thrombocytopenia and increased vascular permeability are two major characteristics of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF). To develop a better understanding of the roles of platelet-associated IgG (PAIgG) and IgM (PAIgM) in inducing thrombocytopenia and its severity of disease in patients with secondary dengue virus infection, the relationship between the PAIgG or PAIgM levels and disease severity as well as thrombocytopenia was examined in 78 patients with acute phase secondary infection in a prospective hospital-based study. The decrease in platelet count during the acute phase recovered significantly during the convalescent phase. In contrast, the increased levels of PAIgG or PAIgM that occurred during the acute phase of these patients decreased significantly during the convalescent phase. An inverse correlation between platelet count and PAIgG or PAIgM levels was found in these patients. Anti-dengue virus IgG and IgM activity was found in platelet eluates from 10 patients in an acute phase of secondary infection. Increased levels of PAIgG or PAIgM were significantly higher in DHF than those in dengue fever (DF). An increased level of PAIgM was associated independently with the development of DHF, representing a possible predictor of DHF with a high specificity. Our present data suggest that platelet-associated immunoglobulins involving antidengue virus activity play a pivotal role in the induction of thrombocytopenia and the severity of the disease in secondary dengue virus infections.
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- M Saito
- Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan
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Dengue viral infections are one of the most important mosquito borne diseases in the world. They may be asymptomatic or may give rise to undifferentiated fever, dengue fever, dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), or dengue shock syndrome. Annually, 100 million cases of dengue fever and half a million cases of DHF occur worldwide. Ninety percent of DHF subjects are children less than 15 years of age. At present, dengue is endemic in 112 countries in the world. No vaccine is available for preventing this disease. Early recognition and prompt initiation of appropriate treatment are vital if disease related morbidity and mortality are to be limited. This review outlines aspects of the epidemiology of dengue infections, the dengue virus and its mosquito vector, clinical features and pathogenesis of dengue infections, and the management and control of these infections.
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- G N Malavige
- Department of Clinical Immunology, A Floor, West Block, Queens Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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de Souza VAUF, Fernandes S, Araújo ES, Tateno AF, Oliveira OMNPF, Oliveira RR, Pannuti CS. Use of an immunoglobulin G avidity test to discriminate between primary and secondary dengue virus infections. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:1782-4. [PMID: 15071049 PMCID: PMC387572 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.4.1782-1784.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody avidity test was evaluated by using sera from 57 patients with acute dengue infection. Overall, 55 of 57 patients were correctly classified (27 of 27 with primary dengue and 28 of 30 with secondary dengue). We conclude that the IgG avidity test can be useful for differentiating between acute, primary, and secondary dengue infections.
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Dengue is an expanding public health problem, and an effective vaccine remains elusive. This review discusses how the significant influence of sequential infection with different dengue virus serotypes on the severity of disease can be viewed in terms of beneficial and detrimental effects of heterologous immunity. A more complete understanding of these effects is likely to be critical for predicting optimal vaccine-induced immune responses.
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- Alan L Rothman
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
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Mairuhu ATA, Wagenaar J, Brandjes DPM, van Gorp ECM. Dengue: an arthropod-borne disease of global importance. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2004; 23:425-33. [PMID: 15148655 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1145-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dengue viruses cause a variable spectrum of disease that ranges from an undifferentiated fever to dengue fever to the potentially fatal dengue shock syndrome. Due to the increased incidence and geographical distribution of dengue in the last 50 years, dengue is becoming increasingly recognised as one of the world's major infectious diseases. This article will review clinical and diagnostic aspects of dengue virus infections. It also presents our current knowledge of the pathophysiology of severe dengue and addresses the importance of dengue virus infections in those travelling to parts of the world where dengue is endemic.
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- A T A Mairuhu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Slotervaart Hospital, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Ole Wichmann
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Dengue diagnosis was one of the topics discussed at the symposium 'The Global Threat of Dengue - Desperately Seeking Solutions' organized during the 10th International Congress of Infectious Diseases held in Singapore in 2002. In this paper, a review is presented focusing on the main advances, problems and challenges of dengue diagnosis.IgM capture ELISA, virus isolation in mosquito cell lines and live mosquitoes, dengue specific monoclonal antibodies and PCR have all represented major advances in dengue diagnosis. However, an appropriate rapid, early and accessible diagnostic method useful both for epidemiological surveillance and clinical diagnosis is still needed. Also, tools that suggest a prognosis allowing for better management are also needed. Finally, laboratory infrastructure, technical expertise and research capacity must be improved in endemic countries in order to positively influence dengue surveillance, clinical case management and the development of new approaches to dengue control.
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- María G Guzmán
- Virology Department, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Viral Diseases, 'Pedro Kouri;' Tropical Medicine Institute, Autopista Novia del Mediodi;a, Km 6, Ciudad Habana, Cuba.
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Thomas SJ, Strickman D, Vaughn DW. Dengue epidemiology: virus epidemiology, ecology, and emergence. Adv Virus Res 2004; 61:235-89. [PMID: 14714434 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(03)61006-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Stephen J Thomas
- Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Sun W, Edelman R, Kanesa-Thasan N, Eckels KH, Putnak JR, King AD, Houng HS, Tang D, Scherer JM, Hoke CH, Innis BL. Vaccination of human volunteers with monovalent and tetravalent live-attenuated dengue vaccine candidates. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2004; 69:24-31. [PMID: 14740952 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.6_suppl.0690024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Four serotypes of monovalent live attenuated dengue virus vaccine candidates were tested for reactogenicity and immunogenicity in 49 flavivirus non-immune adult human volunteers. The four monovalent candidates were then combined into a tetravalent formulation and given to another 10 volunteers. Neutralizing antibody seroconversion rates after a single-dose monovalent vaccination ranged from 53% to 100%. Solicited reactogenicity was scored by each volunteer. A composite index, the Reactogenicity Index, was derived by these self-reported scores. Reactogenicity differed among the four serotype candidates with serotype-1 associated with the most vaccine related side effects. A second dose of monovalent vaccines at either 30 days or 90 days was much less reactogenic but did not significantly increase seroconversion rates. Seroconversion rates in the 10 volunteers who received a single dose of tetravalent vaccine ranged from 30% to 70% among the four serotypes. Similar to the monovalent vaccines, a second dose of the tetravalent vaccine at one month was less reactogenic and did not increase seroconversion. A third dose of the tetravalent vaccine at four months resulted in three of four volunteers with trivalent or tetravalent high-titer neutralizing antibody responses.
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- Wellington Sun
- Department of Virus Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA.
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Takada A, Kawaoka Y. Antibody-dependent enhancement of viral infection: molecular mechanisms and in vivo implications. Rev Med Virol 2004; 13:387-98. [PMID: 14625886 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Besides the common receptor/coreceptor-dependent mechanism of cellular attachment, some viruses rely on antiviral antibodies for their efficient entry into target cells. This mechanism, known as antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of viral infection, depends on the cross-linking of complexes of virus-antibody or virus-activated complement components through interaction with cellular molecules such as Fc receptors or complement receptors, leading to enhanced infection of susceptible cells. Recent studies have suggested that additional mechanisms underlie ADE: involvement of complement component C1q and its receptor (Ebola virus), antibody-mediated modulation of the interaction between viral protein and its coreceptor (human immunodeficiency virus) and suppression of cellular antiviral genes by the replication of viruses entering cells via ADE (Ross River virus). Since ADE is exploited by a variety of viruses and has been associated with disease exacerbation, it may have broad relevance to the pathogenesis of viral infection and antiviral strategies.
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- Ayato Takada
- Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
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- Scott B Halstead
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
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Pichyangkul S, Endy TP, Kalayanarooj S, Nisalak A, Yongvanitchit K, Green S, Rothman AL, Ennis FA, Libraty DH. A Blunted Blood Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Response to an Acute Systemic Viral Infection Is Associated with Increased Disease Severity. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 171:5571-8. [PMID: 14607965 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.10.5571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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At least two distinct human dendritic cell (DC) subsets are produced in the bone marrow and circulate in the peripheral blood-precursor myeloid DCs (pre-mDCs) and plasmacytoid DCs (PDCs). Both lineages of DCs are instrumental in antiviral innate immunity and shaping Th1 adaptive immune responses. PDCs are the most potent IFN-alpha-producing cells to viral pathogens. Dengue, an acute flavivirus disease, provides a model to study DC responses to a self-limited human viral infection. We analyzed circulating DC subsets in a prospective study of children with dengue across a broad range of illness severities: healthy controls; mild, nondengue, presumed viral infections; moderately ill dengue fever; and, the most severe form of illness, dengue hemorrhagic fever. We also examined PDC responses in monkeys with asymptomatic dengue viremia and to dengue virus exposure in vitro. The absolute number and frequency of circulating pre-mDCs early in acute viral illness decreased as illness severity increased. Depressed pre-mDC blood levels appeared to be part of the typical innate immune response to acute viral infection. The frequency of circulating PDCs trended upward and the absolute number of circulating PDCs remained stable early in moderately ill children with dengue fever, mild other, nondengue, febrile illness, and monkeys with asymptomatic dengue viremia. However, there was an early decrease in circulating PDC levels in children who subsequently developed dengue hemorrhagic fever. A blunted blood PDC response to dengue virus infection was associated with higher viremia levels, and was part of an altered innate immune response and pathogenetic cascade leading to severe disease.
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- Sathit Pichyangkul
- Department of Immunology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand
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Oishi K, Inoue S, Cinco MTDD, Dimaano EM, Alera MTP, Alfon JAR, Abanes F, Cruz DJM, Matias RR, Matsuura H, Hasebe F, Tanimura S, Kumatori A, Morita K, Natividad FF, Nagatake T. Correlation between increased platelet-associated IgG and thrombocytopenia in secondary dengue virus infections. J Med Virol 2003; 71:259-64. [PMID: 12938201 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Although the public health impact of dengue is increasing rapidly, the mechanism of thrombocytopenia in this disease remains unknown. To elucidate this mechanism, the relationship between platelet-associated IgG (PAIgG) and platelet count in 53 patients in the acute phase of secondary dengue virus infection was investigated in a prospective-hospital-based study. A significant inverse correlation between the two parameters was found in these patients, while no correlation was observed in healthy volunteers. The low baseline platelet counts during the acute phase in 12 patients with secondary dengue virus infection significantly increased during the convalescent phase, while the increased PAIgG levels during the acute phase in these patients significantly decreased during the convalescent phase. Anti-platelet IgG autoantibody was detected rarely in the plasma of 53 patients with secondary dengue infection. The involvement of anti-dengue virus IgG was also shown in platelets from all of 8 patients in the acute phase of secondary dengue virus infection. These findings suggest that PAIgG formation involving anti-dengue virus IgG plays a pivotal role in the induction of transient thrombocytopenia during the acute phase of secondary dengue virus infection.
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- Kazunori Oishi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Messer WB, Gubler DJ, Harris E, Sivananthan K, de Silva AM. Emergence and global spread of a dengue serotype 3, subtype III virus. Emerg Infect Dis 2003; 9:800-9. [PMID: 12899133 PMCID: PMC3023445 DOI: 10.3201/eid0907.030038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Over the past two decades, dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV-3) has caused unexpected epidemics of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Sri Lanka, East Africa, and Latin America. We used a phylogenetic approach to evaluate the roles of virus evolution and transport in the emergence of these outbreaks. Isolates from these geographically distant epidemics are closely related and belong to DENV-3, subtype III, which originated in the Indian subcontinent. The emergence of DHF in Sri Lanka in 1989 correlated with the appearance there of a new DENV-3, subtype III variant. This variant likely spread from the Indian subcontinent into Africa in the 1980s and from Africa into Latin America in the mid-1990s. DENV-3, subtype III isolates from mild and severe disease outbreaks formed genetically distinct groups, which suggests a role for viral genetics in DHF.
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Sierra B, García G, Pérez AB, Morier L, Rodríguez R, Alvarez M, Guzmán MG. Long-term memory cellular immune response to dengue virus after a natural primary infection. Int J Infect Dis 2002; 6:125-8. [PMID: 12121600 DOI: 10.1016/s1201-9712(02)90073-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to examine the memory T-cell response to dengue virus 20 years after a primary infection. We took advantage of the exceptional epidemiologic situation in Cuba, where the population initially suffered two large successive epidemics due to dengue virus 1 and 2 respectively over a 4-year period. Thereafter, no dengue virus circulation was subsequently observed, except for the Santiago de Cuba municipality. DESIGN T-cell response was evaluated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 20 individuals with history of a primary infection by dengue virus 1 or 2. Methods previously shown to induce lymphoproliferation of CD4+ memory T-cell subpopulations were used. We evaluated the proliferative responses generated in those PBMCs after stimulation with dengue virus 1, 2, 3 and 4 antigens in a serotype-specific and serotype-crossreactive way. RESULTS Serotype-specific and serotype-crossreactive lymphoproliferative responses in all PBMCs donated by dengue immune donors were observed. The serotype-crossreactive response for dengue 2 was stronger than for the rest of the serotypes. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of cellular memory lymphocyte response specific for dengue virus detected 20 years after a primary infection by dengue.
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- Beatríz Sierra
- Department of Virology, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Viral Diseases, Tropical Medicine Institute, Havana, Cuba.
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Guzmán MG, Kouri G, Bravo J, Valdes L, Vazquez S, Halstead SB. Effect of age on outcome of secondary dengue 2 infections. Int J Infect Dis 2002; 6:118-24. [PMID: 12121599 DOI: 10.1016/s1201-9712(02)90072-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS) is a growing global health problem. It is not known how age affects the outcome of secondary dengue infections. In an island setting, a large DHF/DSS outbreak in Cuba occurred in 1981. Involved were individuals, 3-40 year old, whose only lifetime dengue exposure was to DEN-1 in 1977 and DEN-2 in 1981. In this report we calculate age-specific DHF/DSS hospitalization and death rates based on secondary DEN 2 infections. METHODS Published and unpublished hospital and seroepidemiologic data from the 1981 DHF/DSS outbreak were used for the analysis. RESULTS Children, aged 3 and 4 years, with secondary DEN-2 infections were found to have a high death rate (25.4/10 000 secondary DEN-2 infections). The death rate fell with increasing age, being 15.9-fold lower in the 10-14-year age group. The death rate for children aged 3-14 years was 14.5-fold higher than in young adults aged 15-39 years. The death rate rose somewhat in adults aged 50 years and older. DHF/DSS hospitalization rates showed the same trend as death rates. CONCLUSIONS Age is an important variable in the outcome of secondary DEN-2 infections. DHF/DSS case fatality and hospitalization rates are highest in young infants and the elderly. The risk that a child will die during a secondary DEN-2 infection is nearly 15-fold higher than the risk in adults.
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- María G Guzmán
- Department of Virology, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Viral Diseases, Tropical Medicine Institute of Havana, Cuba
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Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne viral disease of public health significance. Its geographic distribution includes more than 100 countries worldwide, where more than 2.5 billion people are at risk for dengue infections. Most people will have asymptomatic infections, but the disease manifestations range from an influenza-like disease known as dengue fever to a severe, sometimes fatal disease characterized by hemorrhage and shock, known as dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome are caused by the dengue viruses (dengue-1, dengue-2, dengue-3, and dengue-4) transmitted from viremic to susceptible humans mainly by the bites of Aedes aegypti. There is no specific management of dengue infections, no vaccine is commercially available, and vector control is the only alternative for stopping the spread of the disease. Knowledge of several aspects of dengue infections, especially of diagnosis and vaccine development, is continuously evolving, but several issues are still unresolved.
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- Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca
- Departamento de Clinica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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This review is an update of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) based on international and Cuban experience. We describe the virus characteristics and risk factors for dengue and DHF, and compare incidence and the case fatality rates in endemic regions (southeast Asia, western Pacific, and the Americas). The clinical picture and the pathogenesis of the severe disease are explained. We also discuss the viral, individual, and environmental factors that determine severe disease. Much more research is necessary to clarify these mechanisms. Also reviewed are methods for viral isolation and the serological, immunohistochemical, and molecular methods applied in the diagnosis of the disease. We describe the status of vaccine development and emphasise that the only alternative that we have today to control the disease is through control of its vector Aedes aegypti.
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- María G Guzmán
- Virology Department, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Viral Diseases, Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute, Autopista Novia del Mediodia, Km 6, PO Box Marianao 13, Ciudad Habana, Cuba.
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Kurane I, Takasaki T. Dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever: challenges of controlling an enemy still at large. Rev Med Virol 2001; 11:301-11. [PMID: 11590668 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Dengue virus infections are a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in most tropical and subtropical areas of the world: mainly Southeast and South Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Understanding the pathogenesis of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), the severe form of dengue illness, is a very important and challenging research subject. Viral virulence and immune responses have been considered as two major factors responsible for the pathogenesis. Virological studies are attempting to define the molecular basis of viral virulence. The immunopathological mechanisms appear to include a complex series of immune responses. A rapid increase in the levels of cytokines and chemical mediators apparently plays a key role in inducing plasma leakage, shock and haemorrhagic manifestations. It is likely that the entire process is initiated by infection with a so-called virulent dengue virus, often with the help of enhancing antibodies in secondary infection, and then triggered by rapidly elevated cytokines and chemical mediators produced by intense immune activation. However, understanding of the DHF pathogenesis is not complete. We still have a long way to go.
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- I Kurane
- Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
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Libraty DH, Pichyangkul S, Ajariyakhajorn C, Endy TP, Ennis FA. Human dendritic cells are activated by dengue virus infection: enhancement by gamma interferon and implications for disease pathogenesis. J Virol 2001; 75:3501-8. [PMID: 11264339 PMCID: PMC114841 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.8.3501-3508.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ability of dendritic cells (DCs) to shape the adaptive immune response to viral infection is mediated largely by their maturation and activation state as determined by the surface expression of HLA molecules, costimulatory molecules, and cytokine production. Dengue is an emerging arboviral disease where the severity of illness is influenced by the adaptive immune response to the virus. In this report, we have demonstrated that dengue virus infects and replicates in immature human myeloid DCs. Exposure to live dengue virus led to maturation and activation of both the infected and surrounding, uninfected DCs and stimulated production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and alpha interferon (IFN-alpha). Activation of the dengue virus-infected DCs was blunted compared to the surrounding, uninfected DCs, and dengue virus infection induced low-level release of interleukin-12 p70 (IL-12 p70), a key cytokine in the development of cell-mediated immunity (CMI). Upon the addition of IFN-gamma, there was enhanced activation of dengue virus-infected DCs and enhanced dengue virus-induced IL-12 p70 release. The data suggest a model whereby DCs are the early, primary target of dengue virus in natural infection and the vigor of CMI is modulated by the relative presence or absence of IFN-gamma in the microenvironment surrounding the virus-infected DCs. These findings are relevant to understanding the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever and the design of new vaccination and therapeutic strategies.
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- D H Libraty
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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Chen JP, Cosgriff TM. Hemorrhagic fever virus-induced changes in hemostasis and vascular biology. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 2000; 11:461-83. [PMID: 10937808 DOI: 10.1097/00001721-200007000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) denotes a virus-induced acute febrile, hemorrhagic disease reported from wide areas of the world. Hemorrhagic fever (HF) viruses are encapsulated, single-stranded RNA viruses that are associated with insect or rodent vectors whose interaction with humans defines the mode of disease transmission. There are 14 HF viruses, which belong to four viral families: Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Filoviridae and Flaviviridae. This review presents, in order, the following aspects of VHF: (1) epidemiology, (2) anomalies of platelets and coagulation factors, (3) vasculopathy, (4) animal models of VHFs, (5) pathogenic mechanisms, and (6) treatment and future studies. HF viruses produce the manifestations of VHFs either by direct effects on cellular functions or by activation of immune and inflammatory pathways. In Lassa fever, Rift Valley fever and Crimean-Congo HF, the main feature of fatal illness appears to be impaired/delayed cellular immunity, which leads to unchecked viremia. However, in HF with renal syndrome and dengue HF, the immune response plays an active role in disease pathogenesis. The interplay of hemostasis, immune response, and inflammation is very complex. Molecular biologic techniques and the use of animal models have helped to unravel some of these interactions.
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- J P Chen
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, USA.
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Dengue viral infections affect up to 100 million individuals per year. Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a clinical form of disease characterised by intravascular fluid loss. There has been a marked increase in the incidence of this form of the disease over the last few decades, associated with significant mortality, particularly in the paediatric population. A number of theories relating to the pathogenesis of dengue haemorrhagic fever exist that have evolved from the analysis of the epidemiology of this disease. Virological and immunopathological factors are both important but the exact mechanisms for the disease are unknown.
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- W J McBride
- Department of Pathology, Cairns Base Hospital, The Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia.
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During the Cuban dengue epidemics of 1981 and 1997, significant monthly increases were observed in the proportion of total cases that presented as dengue haemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS), and in case-fatality rates for both dengue fever and DHF/DSS. We believe that theses increases can be explained by the hypothesis that some of the population of antibodies against dengue 1 virus raised after natural primary infections react with "neutralisation" determinants found on dengue 2 viruses. These heterotypic antibodies do not prevent secondary dengue 2 infections, but serve to down-regulate the disease to mild illness or symptomless infections. A population of dengue 2 viruses that replicates in dengue-1-immune hosts escape heterotypic neutralisation. When inoculated into a new dengue-1-immune host, these viruses are free to interact with the more abundant infection-enhancing antibodies to produce severe disease.
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- M G Guzmán
- Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri, Havana, Cuba.
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