Asymptomatic dengue virus cases in misiones, Argentina: a seroprevalence study in the university population

FERRI, CRISTIAN ALBERTO; FORMICHELA, MARÍA MERCEDES; VALDEZ, JOSÉ RICARDO; ROCÍO MEDINA, IVANA MAGALÍ; DUSSE, GRACIELA VIVIANA; MALVASI, GRACIELA NOEMÍ; ZAPATA, PEDRO DARÍO; MALARCZUK, ELBA CRISTINA

MICROBES AND INFECTION

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Año: 2019 vol. 21 p. 184 - 187

1286-4579

Dengue infection may be asymptomatic and may produce the typical symptoms of a benign illness or serious hemorrhagic and often fatal symptoms. Asymptomatic cases are statistically relevant and quite variable depending on the geographic area under study. However, there are no reports of asymptomatic population infected by the dengue virus in Misiones. In this study, 288 samples were analyzed, and the IgG anti dengue antibodies detected accounted for 6.6% of cases, while 89% corresponded to individualswho lived with people diagnosed or suspected of having contracted dengue, p