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- Title
Differing influences of virus burden and immune activation on disease severity in secondary dengue-3 virus infections.
- Authors
Libraty, Daniel H; Endy, Timothy P; Houng, Huo-Shu H; Green, Sharone; Kalayanarooj, Siripen; Suntayakorn, Saroj; Chansiriwongs, Wanya; Vaughn, David W; Nisalak, Ananda; Ennis, Francis A; Rothman, Alan L
- Abstract
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), the most severe form of illness following infection with a dengue virus, is characterized by plasma leakage, thrombocytopenia, and hepatic inflammation. The interrelationships among virus burden, immune activation, and development of DHF were examined in 54 children with secondary dengue-3 virus infections participating in a prospective, hospital-based study. DHF was associated with higher mean plasma viremia early in illness and earlier peak plasma interferon-gamma levels. Maximum plasma viremia levels correlated with the degree of plasma leakage and thrombocytopenia. Maximum plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-10 and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor-II correlated with the degree of thrombocytopenia, independently of viremia levels. Hepatic transaminase elevation correlated with plasma soluble IL-2 receptor levels and not with viremia levels. Quantitative differences in virus burden and host immune responses, and the timing of type 1 cytokine responses, have differing influences on the severity of disease manifestations during secondary dengue-3 virus infections.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2002, Vol 185, Issue 9, p1213
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/340365