Isolation of dengue virus from the upper respiratory tract of four patients with dengue fever.

• Main Authors: Nai-Ming Cheng (Author), Cheng Len Sy (Author), Bao-Chen Chen (Author), Tsi-Shu Huang (Author), Susan Shin-Jung Lee (Author), Yao-Shen Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Dengue fever is an important arboviral disease. The clinical manifestations vary from a mild non-specific febrile syndrome to severe life-threatening illness. The virus can usually be detected in the blood during the early stages of the disease. Dengue virus has also been found in isolate...