title: Sudden infant death in an 8-month-old baby with dengue virus infection: searching for virus in postmortem tissues by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting.
abstract: Sudden infant death due to dengue virus infection is very rare. An 8-month-old male infant was found unresponsive during a nap in his nursery school. We emphasize the usefulness of dengue viral antigens as a postmortem diagnostic technique to demonstrate the presence of virus in human tissue specimens by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Foggia, Ospedale Colonnello D'Avanzo, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: Shafie M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Othman
authors.forename: Santina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cantatore
authors.forename: Dania
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Carlo
authors.forename: Cristoforo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pomara
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Riezzo
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turillazzi
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fineschi
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001344:Autopsy; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013398:Sudden Infant Death
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000956:Antigens, Viral