Publication: Incidence of zika virus infection from a dengue epidemiological study of children in ratchaburi province, thailand
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2021-09-01
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19994915
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Mahidol University
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Viruses. Vol.13, No.9 (2021)
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Pimolpachr Sriburin, Pichamon Sittikul, Nathamon Kosoltanapiwat, Salin Sirinam, Watcharee Arunsodsai, Chukiat Sirivichayakul, Kriengsak Limkittikul, Supawat Chatchen Incidence of zika virus infection from a dengue epidemiological study of children in ratchaburi province, thailand. Viruses. Vol.13, No.9 (2021). doi:10.3390/v13091802 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/77228
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Incidence of zika virus infection from a dengue epidemiological study of children in ratchaburi province, thailand
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is the mosquito-transmitted virus that the WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in 2016 due to the consequence of microcephaly from infected pregnancies. The incidence of Zika infection has been unclear in many countries because most infected people have nonspecific febrile illnesses. This study’s aim is to investigate the incidence of symptomatic Zika virus infections from the archived samples of a dengue cohort study of children in central Thailand from 2006 to 2009. We performed Zika NS1 immunoglobulin (Ig)G enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) screening to identify symptomatic Zika infections in paired acute/convalescent serum samples. Symptomatic Zika infections were confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCR) of acute serum samples. The comparison of the Zika NS1 IgG ELISA results between acute and convalescent samples showed 290/955 (30.4%) seropositive cases. Zika RT-PCR results were positive in 28 febrile cases (15 females, 13 males). Zika RT-PCR showed that symptomatic Zika infection occurred in children aged 4–11 years in Ratchaburi province, Thailand (2007–2009, first case in April 2007), and the symptomatic Zika:dengue infection ratio was 28 Zika:394 dengue (1:14). Phylogenetic analysis showed that all Zika viruses were of Asian lineage. Zika NS1 IgG ELISA identified Zika-infected patients and showed a low Zika:dengue ratio.