Clinical and virological factors influencing the performance of a NS1 antigen-capture assay and potential use as a marker of dengue disease severity.

• Main Authors: Veasna Duong (Author), Sowath Ly (Author), Patrich Lorn Try (Author), Anne Tuiskunen (Author), Sivuth Ong (Author), Norith Chroeung (Author), Ake Lundkvist (Author), Isabelle Leparc-Goffart (Author), Vincent Deubel (Author), Sirenda Vong (Author), Philippe Buchy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Detection of dengue NS1 antigen in acute infection has been proposed for early diagnosis of dengue disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and virological factors influencing the performance of the Platelia NS1 Ag kit (BioRad) and to assess the potential use of NS1 an...