A new approach to dengue fatal cases diagnosis: NS1 antigen capture in tissues.

• Main Authors: Monique da Rocha Queiroz Lima (Author), Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira (Author), Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr (Author), Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis (Author), Daniel Limonta (Author), Flavia Barreto dos Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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UNLABELLED: / BACKGROUND: Dengue is the most important arthropod borne viral disease worldwide in terms of morbidity and mortality and is caused by any of the four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV-1 to 4). Brazil is responsible for approximately 80% of dengue cases in the Americas, and since the intr...