Dengue virus serotype distribution based on serological evidence in pediatric urban population in Indonesia

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 12; no. 6; p. e0006616
• Main Authors: Sasmono, R. Tedjo, Taurel, Anne-Frieda, Prayitno, Ari, Sitompul, Hermin, Yohan, Benediktus, Hayati, Rahma F., Bouckenooghe, Alain, Hadinegoro, Sri Rezeki, Nealon, Joshua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Age groups; Analysis; Antibodies; Aquatic insects; Biology and Life Sciences; Children; Data; Decision making; Dengue; Dengue fever; Dengue virus; Disease control; Disease transmission; Earth Sciences; Epidemiology; Genetic aspects; Geography; Health aspects; Health risks; Human diseases; Immunoglobulin G; Infection; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mosquitoes; Neutralization; People and Places; Profiles; Public health; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Samples; Serotypes; Studies; Transmission; Tropical climate; Tropical diseases; Urban populations; Vector-borne diseases; Viral diseases; Viruses; Indonesia; Jakarta Indonesia; Singapore; Asia

Dengue is a febrile illness transmitted by mosquitoes, causing disease across the tropical and sub-tropical world. Antibody prevalence data and serotype distributions describe population-level risk and inform public health decision-making. In this cross-sectional study we used data from a pediatric...