Abstract
Sudden infant death due to dengue virus infection is very rare. An 8-month-old male infant was found unresponsive during a nap in his nursery school. We emphasize the usefulness of dengue viral antigens as a postmortem diagnostic technique to demonstrate the presence of virus in human tissue specimens by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting.
MeSH terms
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Antibodies, Viral / blood
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Antigens, CD
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Antigens, Viral / isolation & purification
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Autopsy
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Blotting, Western
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Dengue / diagnosis
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Dengue / immunology
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Dengue / virology*
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Dengue Virus / immunology
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Dengue Virus / isolation & purification*
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Fatal Outcome
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Humans
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Immunohistochemistry
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Infant
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Male
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Sudden Infant Death*
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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Antigens, CD
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Antigens, Viral