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 etiopathogenic mechanism of DHF/DSS, we decide to study the Dengue 2 virus (D2V) capability of replication in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) from asthmatic patients and healthy persons. In 90% of asthmatic patients and 53.8% of control group it was obtained PBL with a significant D2V enhancing activity (X² p < 0.01). Power enhancement was higher in asthmatic group. This is the first in vitro study relating BA and the dengue 2 virus immuno enhancement. The results obtained support the role of BA as a risk factor for DHF/DSS as already described on epidemiological data.
Main Authors: | Guzman,Maria G., Kouri,Gustavo, Soler,Maritza, Bravo,Jose, Vega,Adolfo Rodriguez de la, Vazquez,Susana, Mune,Mayra |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1992
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761992000400016 |
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