Aberrant monocyte responses predict and characterize dengue virus infection in individuals with severe disease

• Main Authors: Yong, Y.K., Tan, H.Y., Jen, S.H., Shankar, E.M., Natkunam, S.K., Sathar, J., Manikam, R., Sekaran, S.D.
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18902/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-017-1226-4

Background: Currently, several assays can diagnose acute dengue infection. However, none of these assays can predict the severity of the disease. Biomarkers that predicts the likelihood that a dengue patient will develop a severe form of the disease could permit more efficient patient triage and all...