RESUMO
To evaluate the neutralizing antibody activity of a human sera panel against seven strains of the homotypic virus. Sera were collected from DENV-3 immune individuals. Two DENV-3 genotypes and strains isolated at different time-points during the 2000 and 2001-2002 Havana epidemics were included. A panel of 20 late convalescent sera collected 16-18 months after acute illness from DF and DHF patients are studied. These individuals were infected during the 2001-2002 Havana DENV-3 epidemic. All but four sera collected from DF cases had a secondary DENV-1/DENV-3 infection. Sera neutralizing antibody titer against the seven DENV-3 strains were determined by plaque reduction neutralization technique. Sera samples were tested simultaneously. Studied sera showed higher levels of neutralizing antibodies to DENV-3 strains of genotype III compared to genotype V. Interesting, higher levels of neutralizing antibodies were detected to DENV-3 strain isolated at the end of the epidemic 2001-2002. An increased tendency of GMT of neutralizing antibodies according to epidemic evolution was observed for the 2001-2002 outbreak. In general, antibody levels in sera collected from DF cases were higher. Differences in the neutralization capacity of immune DENV-3 sera tested against two homologous genotypes including strains of the same genotype are demonstrated. Observed results suggest that virus changed in the course of the epidemic. The implications of this finding in terms of dengue pathogenesis and vaccine development need to be considered.
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Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , Vírus da Dengue/imunologia , Dengue Grave/epidemiologia , Dengue Grave/imunologia , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Especificidade de Anticorpos , Convalescença , Cuba/epidemiologia , Vírus da Dengue/classificação , Vírus da Dengue/genética , Humanos , Testes de Neutralização , Dengue Grave/sangue , Ensaio de Placa ViralRESUMO
Objetivo: estudiar el papel de la infección secundaria y de la influencia de determinadas secuencias de infección virales en los casos de fiebre del dengue durante la epidemia de dengue 3, en la ciudad de La Habana, 2001-2002. Métodos: se estudiaron 141 muestras clínicas de casos confirmados de dengue en la epidemia cubana dengue 3. Todos los casos incluidos fueron clasificados de acuerdo con el criterio de la OMS como casos de fiebre del dengue, 101 de estas muestras fueron colectadas en la fase aguda de la enfermedad y 40 colectadas en la fase convaleciente tardía (16-18 meses después de la enfermedad). Resultados: los sueros colectados en la fase convaleciente tardía permitieron conocer las secuencias virales de infección, las cuales en orden descendiente fueron DEN-1/DEN-3, DEN-2/DEN-3 y DEN-1/DEN-2/DEN-3. Conclusiones: los resultados confirman que la secuencia de infección DEN-2/DEN-3 estuvo asociada a los casos de fiebre del dengue y no a los de fiebre hemorrágica del dengue; un porcentaje elevado de los casos estudiados se correspondió con una infección secundaria(AU)
Objective: To study the role of secondary infection and of certain viral infection sequences in dengue fever cases during the dengue 3 epidemics occurred in the City of Havana. Methods: One hundred and forty one laboratory-confirmed clinical samples from dengue 3 cases were studied. According to WHO criteria, all included cases were classified as dengue fever cases; 101 of these samples were collected at the acute phase of the disease whereas 40 were collected in the late convalescence (16 to 18 months after the onset of disease). Results: The late convalescence serum samples allowed identifying the viral dengue infection sequences, which in downward order were DENV-1/DENV-3, DENV-2/DENV-3 and DENV-1/DENV-2/DENV-3. Conclusions: The results confirmed that the sequence infection DENV-2 / DENV-3 was associated with Dengue Fever Cases but not with the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Cases and that a high percentage of studied cases proved to be secondary infection(AU)
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Humanos , Dengue/epidemiologia , Dengue Grave/epidemiologia , Infecções por Flavivirus/complicações , Infecções por Flavivirus/etiologia , Cuba , Relatos de CasosRESUMO
Objetivo: estudiar el papel de la infección secundaria y de la influencia de determinadas secuencias de infección virales en los casos de fiebre del dengue durante la epidemia de dengue 3, en la ciudad de La Habana, 2001-2002. Métodos: se estudiaron 141 muestras clínicas de casos confirmados de dengue en la epidemia cubana dengue 3. Todos los casos incluidos fueron clasificados de acuerdo con el criterio de la OMS como casos de fiebre del dengue, 101 de estas muestras fueron colectadas en la fase aguda de la enfermedad y 40 colectadas en la fase convaleciente tardía (16-18 meses después de la enfermedad). Resultados: los sueros colectados en la fase convaleciente tardía permitieron conocer las secuencias virales de infección, las cuales en orden descendiente fueron DEN-1/DEN-3, DEN-2/DEN-3 y DEN-1/DEN-2/DEN-3. Conclusiones: los resultados confirman que la secuencia de infección DEN-2/DEN-3 estuvo asociada a los casos de fiebre del dengue y no a los de fiebre hemorrágica del dengue; un porcentaje elevado de los casos estudiados se correspondió con una infección secundaria.
Objective: To study the role of secondary infection and of certain viral infection sequences in dengue fever cases during the dengue 3 epidemics occurred in the City of Havana. Methods: One hundred and forty one laboratory-confirmed clinical samples from dengue 3 cases were studied. According to WHO criteria, all included cases were classified as dengue fever cases; 101 of these samples were collected at the acute phase of the disease whereas 40 were collected in the late convalescence (16 to 18 months after the onset of disease). Results: The late convalescence serum samples allowed identifying the viral dengue infection sequences, which in downward order were DENV-1/DENV-3, DENV-2/DENV-3 and DENV-1/DENV-2/DENV-3. Conclusions: The results confirmed that the sequence infection DENV-2 / DENV-3 was associated with Dengue Fever Cases but not with the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Cases and that a high percentage of studied cases proved to be secondary infection.