|
|
Article: Cocirculation of dengue serotypes, Delhi, India, 2003.(dengue hemorrhagic fever is in progression)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
To the Editor: Delhi, in the northern part of India, has had outbreaks of dengue caused by various dengue virus types in 1967, 1970, 1982, 1988, and 1996 (1-5). In 1988, for the first time, a few cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) were seen (4). Subsequently, we reported the largest outbreak of DHF/dengue shock syndrome (DSS) in Delhi in 1996 and confirmed dengue virus type 2 as the etiologic agent (5).
We report the results of virologic testing of samples received at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences from patients with suspected dengue fever or denguelike illness from Delhi and its adjoining areas during a 2003 outbreak of dengue. According to the ...