Overseas Briefs Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network Cholera, Marshall Islands Promed-mail E. Coli O157:h7 Outbreak, Spain
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In the current outbreak, dengue type 1 has been identified in several cases. Initial interpretations of antibody levels (ie. haemagglutination inhibition antibody titres) suggested that dengue types 3 and 4 were causing the current outbreak. Since then, however, more sensitive tests (nucleic acid amplification and virus isolation) have identified only type 1 dengue in the samples, although not all confirmed cases have been analysed for virus type. Identification of the infecting dengue virus from antibody titres may be complicated by the occurrence of cross-reactive antibodies to antigenic determinants shared by all 4 dengue viruses.
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