DENGUE UPDATE (AUGUST 2007) CLINICAL/CASE MANAGEMENT Bordignon J, Strottmann DM, Mosimann AL, Probst CM, Stella V, Noronha L, Zanata SM, Dos Santos CN 'Dengue neurovirulence in mice: Identification of molecular signatures in the E and NS3 helicase domains.' J Med Virol 2007 ;79(10):1506-17 Wilson ME, Freedman DO. Etiology of travel-related fever. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct;20(5):449-453. Rojas EM, Diaz-Quijano FA, Coronel-Ruiz C, Martinez-Vega RA, Rueda E, VillarCenteno LA. [Association between glutathione peroxidase levels and clinical manifestations of dengue.] Rev Med Chil. 2007 Jun;135(6):743-50. Epub 2007 Aug 22. Spanish. Colbert JA, Gordon A, Roxelin R, Silva S, Silva J, Rocha C, Harris E. ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT OF GALLBLADDER WALL THICKENING AS A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR FOR SEVERE DENGUE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Sep;26(9):850-852. Sathupan P, Khongphattanayothin A, Srisai J, Srikaew K, Poovorawan Y. The role of vascular endothelial growth factor leading to vascular leakage in children with dengue virus infection. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2007 Sep;27(3):179-84. WHO. Dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever. Nurs J India. 2006 Nov;97(11):246-7. Bente DA, Rico-Hesse R. Models of dengue virus infection. Drug Discov Today. 2006;3(1):97-103. Gunther J, Martinez-Munoz JP, Perez-Ishiwara DG, Salas-Benito J. Evidence of Vertical Transmission of Dengue Virus in Two Endemic Localities in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Intervirology. 2007 Aug 15;50(5):347-352
Wang CC, Wu CC, Liu JW, Lin AS, Liu SF, Chung YH, Su MC, Lee IK, Lin MC. Chest radiographic presentation in patients with dengue hemorrhagic Fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Aug;77(2):291-6. Karunatilaka DH, De Silva JR, Ranatunga PK, Gunasekara TM, Faizal MA, Malavige GN. Idiopathic purpura fulminans in dengue hemorrhagic fever. Indian J Med Sci. 2007 Aug;61(8):471-3. Rele MC, Rasal A, Despande SD, Koppikar GV, Lahiri KR. Mixed infection due to leptospira and dengue in a patient with pyrexia. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2001 Oct-Dec;19(4):206-7.
DIAGNOSTICS Chonticha Klungthong, Robert V. Gibbons, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Ananda Nisalak, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Vipa Thirawuth, Naowayubol Nutkumhang, Mammen P. Mammen, Jr., and Richard G. Jarman Dengue Virus Detection Using Whole Blood for Reverse Transcriptase PCR and Virus Isolation J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007;45 2480-2485 Arya SC, Agarwal N. Evaluation of immunoglobulin M and G capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Panbio kits for diagnostic dengue infections. J Clin Virol. 2007 Sep;40(1):89. Arya SC, Agarwal N, Ageep AK. Laboratory diagnosis in suspected cases of dengue. Saudi Med J. 2007 Aug;28(8):1304. Kumarasamy V, Zuridah H, Hani AW, Mariam M, Chua KB. A comparative study on the performance of two commercial anti-dengue IgM assay kits. Med J Malaysia. 2007 Mar;62(1):85-6. Valero N, Maldonado M. [Importance of the confirmatory diagnosis in viral exanthematic diseases in Zulia State, Venezuela: a review of the problem] Invest Clin. 2006 Sep;47(3):301-10. Spanish. Gomes, A.L.V. / Silva, A.M. / Cordeiro, M.T. / Guimaraes, G.F. / Marques, E.T.A. / Abath, F.G.C. Single-tube nested PCR using immobilized internal primers for the identification of dengue virus serotypes Journal of Virological Methods, 145 (1), p.76-79, Oct 2007
MOSQUITO VECTOR Lumjuan N, Stevenson BJ, Prapanthadara LA, Somboon P, Brophy PM, Loftus BJ, Severson DW, Ranson H. The Aedes aegypti glutathione transferase family. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2007 Oct;37(10):1026-35 Bonet M, Spiegel JM, Ibarra AM, Kouri G, Pintre A, Yassi A. An integrated ecosystem approach for sustainable prevention and control of dengue in Central Havana. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2007 Apr-Jun;13(2):188-94. Cuellar-Jimenez ME, Velasquez-Escobar OL, Gonzalez-Obando R, Morales-Reichmann CA. [Detection of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) in the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.] Biomedica. 2007 Jun;27(2):273-9. Epub 2007 Aug 21. Spanish. Rios-Velasquez CM, Codeco CT, Honorio NA, Sabroza PS, Moresco M, Cunha IC, Levino A, Toledo LM, Luz SL. Distribution of dengue vectors in neighborhoods with different urbanization types of Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2007 Aug;102(5):617-23. da Costa-Ribeiro MC, Lourenco-de-Oliveira R, Failloux AB. Low gene flow of Aedes aegypti between dengue-endemic and dengue-free areas in southeastern and southern Brazil. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Aug;77(2):303-9. Anosike JC, Nwoke BE, Okere AN, Oku EE, Asor JE, Emmy-Egbe IO, Adimike DA. Epidemiology of tree-hole breeding mosquitoes in the tropical rainforest of Imo State, south-east Nigeria. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2007;14(1):31-8.
IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOGENESIS Limjindaporn T, Netsawang J, Noisakran S, Thiemmeca S, Wongwiwat W, Sudsaward S, Avirutnan P, Puttikhunt C, Kasinrerk W, Sriburi R, Sittisombut N, Yenchitsomanus PT, Malasit P. Sensitization to Fas-mediated apoptosis by dengue virus capsid protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Oct 19;362(2):334-339
Bordignon J, Strottmann DM, Mosimann AL, Probst CM, Stella V, Noronha L, Zanata SM, Dos Santos CN. Dengue neurovirulence in mice: Identification of molecular signatures in the E and NS3 helicase domains. J Med Virol. 2007 Oct;79(10):1506-17. Lisova O, Hardy F, Petit V, Bedouelle H. Mapping to completeness and transplantation of a group-specific, discontinuous, neutralizing epitope in the envelope protein of dengue virus. J Gen Virol. 2007 Sep;88(Pt 9):2387-97. Limonta D, Capo V, Torres G, Perez AB, Guzman MG. Apoptosis in tissues from fatal dengue shock syndrome. J Clin Virol. 2007 Sep;40(1):50-4. Wang L, Chen RF, Liu JW, Yu HR, Kuo HC, Yang KD. Implications of dynamic changes among tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), membrane TNF receptor, and soluble TNF receptor levels in regard to the severity of dengue infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Aug;77(2):297-302. Joshua Fink, Feng Gu, Subhash G. Vasudevan Role of T cells, cytokines and antibody in dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever Reviews in Medical Virology Volume 16, Issue 4, Date: July/August 2006, Pages: 263-275 SURVEILLANCE/EPIDEMIOLOGY Batra P, Saha A, Chaturvedi P, Vilhekar KY, Mendiratta DK. Outbreak of dengue infection in rural Maharashtra. Indian J Pediatr. 2007 Aug;74(8):794-5 Wiwanitkit V. Correspondence - Malaria and dengue infection after Tsunami in Southern Thailand. Trop Doct. 2007 Jul;37(3):194. Rahman MT, Tahmin HA, Mannan T, Sultana R. Seropositivity and pattern of dengue infection in dhaka city. Mymensingh Med J. 2007 Jul;16(2):204-8. No authors listed Looking for a volunteer to help fight dengue fever. Lancet. 2007 Aug 11;370(9586):458.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dengue hemorrhagic fever--U.S.-Mexico border, 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007 Aug 10;56(31):785-9. Goro Kuno Research on dengue and dengue-like illness in East Asia and the Western Pacific during the First Half of the 20th century Reviews in Medical Virology Volume 17, Issue 5, Date: September/October 2007, Pages: 327-341
VACCINE/ANTIVIRAL Shekhar C. Deadly dengue: new vaccines promise to tackle this escalating global menace. Chem Biol. 2007 Aug;14(8):871-2
MISCELLANEOUS Dengue Virus (DV) Replication in Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Is Not Affected by Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-{alpha}), and DV Infection Induces Altered Responsiveness to TNF-{alpha} Stimulation Satiya Wati, Peng Li, Christopher J. Burrell, and Jillian M. Carr J. Virol. 2007;81 10161-10171 No authors listed Dengue fever climbs the social ladder. Nature. 2007 Aug 16;448(7155):734-5 Salas-Benito J, Reyes-Del Valle J, Salas-Benito M, Ceballos-Olvera I, Mosso C, del Angel RM. Evidence that the 45-kD glycoprotein, part of a putative dengue virus receptor complex in the mosquito cell line C6/36, is a heat-shock related protein. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Aug;77(2):283-90. Egloff MP, Decroly E, Malet H, Selisko B, Benarroch D, Ferron F, Canard B. Structural and Functional Analysis of Methylation and 5'-RNA Sequence Requirements of Short Capped RNAs by the Methyltransferase Domain of Dengue Virus NS5. J Mol Biol. 2007 Sep 21;372(3):723-36 Saejung W, Fujiyama K, Takasaki T, Ito M, Hori K, Malasit P, Watanabe Y, Kurane I, Seki T. Production of dengue 2 envelope domain III in plant using TMV-based vector system. Vaccine. 2007 Sep 4;25(36):6646-54
Noisakran, S. / Dechtawewat, T. / Rinkaewkan, P. / Puttikhunt, C. / Kanjanahaluethai, A. / Kasinrerk, W. / Sittisombut, N. / Malasit, P. Characterization of dengue virus NS1 stably expressed in 293T cell lines Journal of Virological Methods, 142 (1), p.67-80, Jun 2007 Zhang, Z.S. / Yan, Y.S. / Weng, Y.W. / Huang, H.L. / Li, S.Q. / He, S. / Zhang, J.M. , High-level expression of recombinant dengue virus type 2 envelope domain III protein and induction of neutralizing... Journal of Virological Methods, 143 (2), p.125-131, Aug 2007