| dengue infection in children in ratchaburi, thailand: a cohort study. ii. clinical manifestations. | dengue infection is one of the most important mosquito-borne diseases. more data regarding the disease burden and the prevalence of each clinical spectrum among symptomatic infections and the clinical manifestations are needed. this study aims to describe the incidence and clinical manifestations of symptomatic dengue infection in thai children during 2006 through 2008. | 2012 | 22389735 |
| plaque reduction neutralization antibody test does not accurately predict protection against dengue infection in ratchaburi cohort, thailand. | the plaque reduction neutralization test (prnt) is currently the best and most widely accepted approach to measuring virus-neutralizing and protective antibodies to dengue virus, and in assessing the immunogenicity of a dengue vaccine. however, the correlation between presence of dengue-neutralizing antibody and protection from infection is not absolute. | 2014 | 24620925 |
| dengue infection in children in ratchaburi, thailand: a cohort study. i. epidemiology of symptomatic acute dengue infection in children, 2006-2009. | there is an urgent need to field test dengue vaccines to determine their role in the control of the disease. our aims were to study dengue epidemiology and prepare the site for a dengue vaccine efficacy trial. | 2012 | 22860141 |
| elisa as an alternative tool for epidemiological surveillance for dengue in mosquitoes: a report from thailand. | dengue fever (df), dengue hemorrhagic fever (dhf) and dengue shock syndrome (dss) are the re-emerging infectious diseases caused by the four serotypes of dengue (den) virus, type 1 to 4, belonging to the family flaviviridae and genus flavivirus. in the absence of a safe and effective mass immunisation, the prevention and control of dengue outbreaks depend upon the surveillance of cases and mosquito vector. the aim of this work is to test enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) tool for the vir ... | 2007 | 18092535 |
| the geographic information system as an epidemiological tool in the surveillance of dengue virus-infected aedes mosquitos. | a geographic information system (gis) was used as analysis tool to study the spatial distribution of dengue virus-infected aedes mosquitos in thailand. global positioning system (gps) instruments were used to map villages involved in dengue epidemiological studies in ratchaburi province, thailand. differentially processed gps data, with a spatial resolution of approximately 1 meter, were incorporated into a gis for analysis and mapping. databases associated with a village gis included village nu ... | 2004 | 15916091 |
| seroepidemiological survey among schoolchildren during the 2000-2001 dengue outbreak of ratchaburi province, thailand. | from august 2000 to 2001, a dengue outbreak occurred in mueang district, ratchaburi province, thailand. about 800 cases of dengue infection were reported, and among them, 49.5% were clinically diagnosed as dengue hemorrhagic fever according to the who criteria. during the outbreak, the incidence rate of dengue infection in hin gong subdistrict was 2.9 per 1,000 population. a seroepidemiological survey was conducted among primary schoolchildren from july 2000 to june 2001, to monitor dengue trans ... | 2003 | 15115129 |
| laboratory assays and field dengue vaccine evaluation at ratchaburi province, thailand: a preliminary result. | laboratory-based epidemiological studies have been initiated in a cohort of school-aged children in ratchaburi province, thailand in preparation for imminent dengue vaccine field trials. in these studies, levels of neutralising antibodies were determined by the plaque reduction neutralisation test (prnt) while virological confirmation was performed using rt-pcr or mosquito inoculation. serological confirmation was performed using igm and igg elisa. the incidence rate of dengue in the ratchaburi ... | 2009 | 19800560 |
| severe dengue in pregnant women. | over half of the world's population lives in areas at risk of dengue infection with 70% of overall disease burden in asia. a shifting in age group of dengue patients towards adulthood has been widely seen in asia. this will affect an increase in incidence of dengue infection in childbearing age and pregnant women. two cases of severe dengue in pregnant women admitted to photharam hospital, ratchaburi, thailand were described. both of them had dengue shock syndrome with organopathy involving the ... | 2015 | 26506743 |
| dengue infection in elderly patients. | from 2005 to 2013, there were 15 dengue patients aged over 60 years old who were admitted to photharam hospital, ratchaburi, thailand. ten were females and five were males. nine had dengue fever (df), and 6 had dengue hemorrhagic fever (dhf). a trending shift in age group towards adults has been seen during the past decades. no deaths were seen in these elderly patients with dengue disease, indicating early recognition and effective management of these dengue patients. the trend towards higher a ... | 2015 | 26506744 |
| dengue infection in pregnancy. | while dengue infection is still on the increase in adults in thailand, it also affects pregnant women, especially pregnant teenagers. this study was designed to investigate dengue infection during pregnancy. seven cases of dengue infection in pregnant women were admitted to ban pong hospital, ratchaburi, thailand, between 2008 and 2012. dengue infection presented in all pregnancy trimesters. there were two severe cases: one was dengue hemorrhagic fever in the first trimester, and the second was ... | 2015 | 26506742 |
| dengue patients at photharam hospital: a clinical trial site of dengue vaccine. | between 2005 and 2013, 1,868 dengue patients, 916 male and 952 female, were admitted to photharam hospital, ratchaburi, thailand. among these patients, there were 1,209 with dengue fever (df), 598 with dengue hemorrhagic fever (dhf), and 61 with dengue shock syndrome (dss) with 1 death. the disease was seen all year round with a higher incidence in the rainy season. a trend of shift in age group towards older children and adults was seen during the study period. these data show that dengue patie ... | 2015 | 26506727 |
| differences in clinical features between children and adults with dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. | this retrospective study was conducted to assess the differences in clinical features between children and adults with dengue hemorrhagic fever/ dengue shock syndrome (dhf/dss) admitted to ratchaburi hospital, ratchaburi province, thailand. a total of 273 patients with dhf/dss admitted to ratchaburi hospital during january 2007 to may 2008 were included in the study. the median age (range) of studied subjects was 16 years (6 months to 62 years) and the ratio of adults to children was 1.6:1. fort ... | 2013 | 24437312 |