title: Use of four dengue virus antigens for determination of dengue immune status by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of immunoglobulin G avidity.
abstract: We used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) of immunoglobulin G avidity to determine the dengue immune status of 105 pairs of serum samples from patients infected with dengue virus. This study shows that a simple avidity test, for which only one acute-phase serum sample is required, is potentially more useful than the hemagglutination inhibition test for the discrimination of primary from secondary dengue virus infection, whatever the type of dengue antigen used.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306 Cayenne cedex, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Séverine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matheus
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Deparis
authors.forename: Bhety
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Labeau
authors.forename: Josiane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lelarge
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morvan
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dussart
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G