Dengue 2 virus enhancement in asthmatic and non asthmatic individual

During the 1981 dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS) Cuban epidemic, bronchial asthma (BA) was frequently found as a personal or family antecedent in dengue hemorragic fever patients. Considering that antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) plays an important role in the etiopathoge...

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Main Authors: Maria G. Guzman, Gustavo Kouri, Maritza Soler, Jose Bravo, Adolfo Rodriguez de la Vega, Susana Vazquez, Mayra Mune
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1992-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761992000400016