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SUBMITTER: Arguello DF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4350535 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Argüello D Fermín DF Tomashek Kay M KM Quiñones Luz L Beltran Manuela M Acosta Luz L Santiago Luis M LM Biggerstaff Brad J BJ Garcia-Rivera Enid J EJ Sun Wellington W Pollissard-Gadroy Laurence L Luxemburger Christine C Hunsperger Elizabeth E
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20150202 3
Dengue is a potentially fatal acute febrile illness caused by the mosquito-borne dengue viruses (DENV-1 to -4). To estimate DENV seroincidence in school-aged children, a 1-year prospective cohort study was conducted in Patillas, Puerto Rico; 10- to 18-year-olds (N = 345) were randomly selected from 13 public schools. At enrollment, 49.8% of the entire cohort had DENV immunoglobulin G (IgG) anti-DENV antibodies, and there were individuals with neutralizing antibodies specific to each of the four ...[more]