Homotypic Dengue Virus Reinfections in Nicaraguan Children

/ / Faculty Research in Latin America, Research

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Chunling Wang, Eva Harris, Magelda Montoya

DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2016

REGION: Nicaragua

REFERENCE: Waggoner JJ, Balmaseda A, Gresh L, et al. Homotypic Dengue Virus Reinfections in Nicaraguan Children. J Infect Dis. 2016;

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Infection with any of the 4 related dengue virus serotypes (DENV-1-4) is thought to result in lifelong immunity to homotypic reinfection (ie, reinfection with the same serotype).

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