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David W. Vaughn, Sharone Green, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Bruce L. Innis, Suchitra Nimmannitya, Saroj Suntayakorn, Timothy P. Endy, Boonyos Raengsakulrach, Alan L. Rothman, Francis A. Ennis, Ananda Nisalak, Dengue Viremia Titer, Antibody Response Pattern, and Virus Serotype Correlate with Disease Severity, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 181, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 2–9, https://doi.org/10.1086/315215
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Abstract
Viremia titers in serial plasma samples from 168 children with acute dengue virus infection who were enrolled in a prospective study at 2 hospitals in Thailand were examined to determine the role of virus load in the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). The infecting virus serotype was identified for 165 patients (DEN-1, 46 patients; DEN-2, 47 patients; DEN-3, 47 patients, DEN-4, 25 patients). Patients with DEN-2 infections experienced more severe disease than those infected with other serotypes. Eighty-one percent of patients experienced a secondary dengue virus infection that was associated with more severe disease. Viremia titers were determined for 41 DEN-1 and 46 DEN-2 patients. Higher peak titers were associated with increased disease severity for the 31 patients with a peak titer identified (mean titer of 107.6 for those with dengue fever vs. 108.5 for patients with DHF, P = .01). Increased dengue disease severity correlated with high viremia titer, secondary dengue virus infection, and DEN-2 virus type.