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Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Dispatch

Use of Urea Wash ELISA to Distinguish Zika and Dengue Virus Infections

Wen-Yang Tsai, Han Ha Youn, Jasmine Tyson, Carlos Brites, Jih-Jin Tsai, Celia Pedroso, Jan Felix Drexler, Angel Balmaseda, Eva Harris, and Wei-Kung WangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (W.-Y. Tsai, H.H. Youn, J. Tyson, W.-K. Wang); Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (C. Brites, C. Pedroso); Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (J.-J. Tsai); University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany (J.F. Drexler); National Center for Diagnosis and Reference, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua (A. Balmaseda); University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (E. Harris)

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Table

Sampling time, serotype, and sources of serum/plasma panels in study of use of urea wash ELISA to distinguish Zika and dengue virus infections*

Panel sample collection times Category Sampling time after symptom onset, mean (range) No. patients Source (no. patients) and year(s) of sample collection Shown in
Single time point
pDENV-1 Convalescent to postconvalescent 138 (19−263) d 16 Taiwan (4), 2001–2002; Hawaii, USA (12), 2015 Figure 1
pZIKV Convalescent 17 (14−24) d 20 Nicaragua, 2016 Figure 1
sDENV Convalescent 14 (8−35) d 24 Taiwan, 2001–2002 Figure 1
DENV-ZIKV Convalescent 16 (14−19) d 20 Nicaragua, 2016 Figure 1
Probable DENV-ZIKV Convalescent 10 (6−14) d 19 Brazil, 2015–2016 Figure 1
sDENV Postconvalescent 3.2 (3−4) mo 6 Taiwan (2), 2006–2009; Nicaragua (4), 2006–2008 Figure 2
sDENV Postconvalescent 12 (12−12) mo 18 Nicaragua, 2006–2008 Figure 2
sDENV Postconvalescent 19.7 (18−24) mo 14 Taiwan (10), 2006–2009; Nicaragua (4), 2006–8 Figure 2
sDENV
 Postconvalescent
 71 (67−72) mo
 5
 Taiwan, 2006–2009
 Figure 2
Sequential time points
sDENV Postconvalescent 10 (3−18) mo 3 Nicaragua, 2006–2008 Figure 2

*DENV-ZIKV, ZIKV infection with previous dengue; pDENV-1, primary dengue virus 1 infection; pZIKV, primary Zika virus infection; sDENV, secondary dengue virus infection.
†3–4 samples/patient.

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