| Laboratory data for index patient and health care worker infected with dengue virusa | |||||||
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|
Day |
Leukocytes (mL) |
Lymphocytes (mL) |
Thrombocytes (mL) |
Dengue IgM EIA |
Dengue IgG EIA (U) |
Dengue PCR |
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Index patient |
0i |
2.000 |
420 |
137.000 |
− |
+ (16.4) |
+ |
|
4i |
1.900 |
ND |
55.000 |
+ |
+ (43.0) |
− |
|
|
14i |
5.000 |
1.650 |
375.000 |
+ |
+ (30.9) |
ND |
|
|
Health care worker |
2n |
2.600 |
590 |
136.000 |
− |
− (2.8) |
+ |
|
8n |
4.000 |
1.040 |
174.000 |
+ |
− (5.9) |
ND |
|
|
15n |
4.200 |
1.190 |
213.000 |
+ |
+ (16.4) |
ND |
|
|
22n |
4.800 |
1.220 |
215.000 |
+ |
+ (21.7) |
ND |
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| aIg, immunoglobulin; EIA, enyzyme immunosorbent assay; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; ND, not done. | |||||||
Source: Wagner, D., de With, K., Huzly, D., Hufert, F., Weidmann, M., Breisinger, S., Eppinger, S., Kern, W.V., and Tilman, M.B. 2004. Nosocomial acquisition of dengue. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10(10):1872–1873. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no10/03-1037.htm.
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