Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Dispatch
Laboratory Surveillance of Dengue in Argentina, 1995–2001
Gabriela Avilés*
, Maria Valeria Paz*, Griselda Rangeon†, Marie Y. Ranaivoarisoa‡, Nora Verzeri§, Sandra Roginski¶, Pablo Baroni*, and Delia Enria*
, Maria Valeria Paz*, Griselda Rangeon†, Marie Y. Ranaivoarisoa‡, Nora Verzeri§, Sandra Roginski¶, Pablo Baroni*, and Delia Enria*
Table 2
Indigenous dengue virus cases in Argentina, 1997–2001a
| Year | Province | MAC-ELISAb | PRNTb | HIb | Viral isolates + ampliconsb | DENV serotype b | Totalb by all techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |
Salta |
19/387 |
18/19 |
ND |
1/36 |
DENV-2 |
19/404 |
| 1998 |
Salta |
359/589 |
139/143 |
79/80 |
5/112 |
DENV-2 |
378/701 |
| Several |
0/438 |
0/56 |
ND |
ND |
— |
0/457 |
|
| 1999 |
Salta |
5/55 |
1/1 |
ND |
0/15 |
— |
5/55 |
| Several |
0/171 |
0/14 |
ND |
0/4 |
— |
0/173 |
|
| 2000 |
Jujuy |
2/63 |
ND |
2/2 |
2/7 |
DENV-1 |
6/72 |
| Formosa |
37/89 |
1/31 |
8/21 |
7/57 |
DENV-1 |
50/195 |
|
| Misiones |
229/442 |
ND |
25/27 |
9/25 |
DENV-1 |
238/469 |
|
| Several |
0/223 |
ND |
0/19 |
0/20 |
— |
0/249 |
|
| 2001 |
Several |
0/176 |
ND |
0/2 |
0/46 |
— |
0/212 |
| Total | 651/2,633 | 159/264 | 114/151 | 24/322 | 696/2,987c |
aDENV, dengue fever virus; MAC-ELISA, immunoglobulin M antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; PRNT, plaque reduction neutralization test; HI, hemagglutination inhibition test; ND, not done.
bPositive/tested.
cSome samples were tested by only one technique, others were tested by two or more techniques; thus, these numbers do not represent the total obtained by adding the rows.
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