Demographic Features of Imported Dengue Fever Cases Serodiagnosed in Japan during 2000
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Serum specimens were collected from dengue-suspected cases for laboratory diagnosis in Japan. The demographic features of the dengue cases confirmed by serodiagnosis at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan, during 2000, were reported. Dengue virus infections were diagnosed by IgMcapture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), IgG-ELISA, Rapid immunochromatographic test, haemmagglutination inhibition (HI) test, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Nineteen cases were confirmed to be of dengue fever. Nine cases were male and 10 were female. The youngest case was six-year old and the eldest 58-year old. Most of the dengue patients developed illness after visiting countries in South-East Asia and South Asia. Five cases had visited Thailand, three had been to Indonesia, three to the Philippines, three to India, two to East Timor, and one each to Cambodia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In addition, one patient each had visited South America and the Caribbean, Brazil and the Dominican Republic before developing dengue fever.
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