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Epidemics
New epidemics study findings have been reported by J.M.G. Dearaujo and colleagues
March 24th, 2009
According to recent research from Brazil, "Dengue virus can infect many cell types from the vascular, muscular and hematological systems causing diverse clinical and pathological signs. The purpose of the present study was to investigate by different diagnostic methods dengue virus in human tissue specimens obtained from fatal cases (n = 29) during a large-scale dengue fever epidemic in 2002 in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil." "The combination of four procedures provided diagnostic confirmation of DENV-3 infection in 26 (89.6%) out of the 29 suspected fatal cases. Dengue virus (DENV) was isolated from 2/74 (2.7%) tissue samples, inoculated into C6/36 cells and...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-24)
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