Humoral immune response of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases in children from Tegucigalpa, Honduras
De Rivera, I.Lorenzana.; Parham, L.; Murillo, W.; Moncada, W.; Vazquez, S.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 79(2): 262-266
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9637 PMID: 18689634 Document Number: 202088
The humoural immune response in Honduran dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) hospitalized paediatric cases from the epidemics of 2004 and 2005 was studied in sera collected from 5 to 7 days of fever onset. A total of 145 cases were included in the study: 40 classified as primary with DHF Grade I or II and 86 classified as secondary; from them, 73 were DHF Grade I or II and 13 were dengue shock syndrome (DSS) Grade III or IV. The highest number of primary cases was found in children <1 year of age.