title: Immunoglobulin A antibody responses in dengue patients: a useful marker for serodiagnosis of dengue virus infection.
abstract: We determined the usefulness of an immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis of dengue virus infections. The results indicate that the presence of IgA and IgM in serum samples assures recent primary dengue virus infection even with a single serum sample.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Saitama Medical School 38, Moroyama, Saitama 350-0495, Japan. mnawa@saitama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kurane
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A