Value of Routine Dengue Diagnostic Tests in Urine and Saliva Specimens.

• Main Authors: Anne-Claire Andries (Author), Veasna Duong (Author), Sowath Ly (Author), Julien Cappelle (Author), Kim Srorn Kim (Author), Patrich Lorn Try (Author), Sopheaktra Ros (Author), Sivuth Ong (Author), Rekol Huy (Author), Paul Horwood (Author), Marie Flamand (Author), Anavaj Sakuntabhai (Author), Arnaud Tarantola (Author), Philippe Buchy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Dengue laboratory diagnosis is essentially based on detection of the virus, its components or antibodies directed against the virus in blood samples. Blood, however, may be difficult to draw in some patients, especially in children, and sampling during outbreak investigations or epidemiol...