Performance of Dengue Diagnostic Tests in a Single-Specimen Diagnostic Algorithm

Conclusions. The use of molecular or NS1 antigen tests to detect DENV and one to detect anti-DENV IgM in a single serum specimen collected during the first 10 days of illness accurately identified ≥90% of dengue primary and secondary cases.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 23, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hunsperger, E. A., Munoz-Jordan, J., Beltran, M., Colon, C., Carrion, J., Vazquez, J., Acosta, L. N., Medina-Izquierdo, J. F., Horiuchi, K., Biggerstaff, B. J., Margolis, H. S. Tags: VIRUSES Source Type: research