Assessing the antibody responses against dengue virus in the context of emerging arboviruses: from basic immunology to new diagnostics Institute of Tropical Medicine
Dengue virus (DENV) is the causative agent of dengue fever (DF), the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral disease worldwide. DF presents with non-specific symptoms similar to other febrile diseases that overlap geographically. Therefore, diagnosis cannot be made on clinical and epidemiological data alone and thus require laboratory techniques for case confirmation. Antibody-based assays are simple, affordable, applicable at the point of care and ...