Volume 13, Number 1—January 2007
Dispatch
Reemergence of Endemic Chikungunya, Malaysia
Sazaly AbuBakar*
, I-Ching Sam*, Pooi-Fong Wong*, Poh-Sim Hooi*, Nuruliza Roslan*, and NorAziyah MatRahim
, I-Ching Sam*, Pooi-Fong Wong*, Poh-Sim Hooi*, Nuruliza Roslan*, and NorAziyah MatRahim
Table
Identification of virus by PCR amplification and serologic analysis*
| Patient | Chikungunya | Dengue fever | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | Sex | PCR† | Serology | Culture | PCR‡ | Serology | |||
| E1 | E2 | nsP1 | IgM | IgG | IgM | ||||
| 6 | M | + | + | + | – | − | +§ | − | − |
| 34 | M | + | + | + | – | − | +¶ | − | − |
| 40 | M | + | + | + | – | − | +# | − | − |
| 26 | F | + | + | + | – | − | +** | ND | − |
| 62 | M | + | + | + | – | − | −†† | ND | − |
| (day 5 after onset) | |||||||||
| – | – | – | + | + | ND | ND | ND | ||
| (day 15 after onset) | |||||||||
*IgM, immunoglobulin M; IgG, immunoglobulin G; +, positive; −, negative; ND, not determined.
†PCR amplifications were performed for detection of envelope glycoprotein E1 (E1), glycoprotein E2 (E2), and nonstructural protein 1 (nsP1) genes of chikungunya virus.
‡Multiplex PCR amplifications were performed for detection of dengue virus type 1−4.
§Isolate MY/0306/BP37348.
¶Isolate MY/0306/BP37350.
#Isolate MY/0306/BP37352.
**Isolate MY/0406/BP37437.
††Isolate MY/0306/BP34198.
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