Nasopharyngeal swabs as alternative specimens for the diagnosis of dengue virus infection

Alícia Cavalcante Maia; Tatyane de Souza Cardoso Quintão; Pâmela Maria de Oliveira; Évelin Mota Cassemiro; Daiani Cristina Cilião-Alves; Priscilla Pedrette de Melo Alves; Fabiano Dos Anjos Pereira Martins; Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo; Helen da Costa Gurgel; Elza Ferreira Noronha; Walter Massa Ramalho; Alex Leite Pereira; Svetoslav Nanev Slavov; Wildo Navegantes de Araújo; Rodrigo Haddad

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2023.03.024

Nasopharyngeal swabs as alternative specimens for the diagnosis of dengue virus infection

J Infect. 2023 Aug;87(2):145-147. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.03.024. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

Authors

Alícia Cavalcante Maia¹, Tatyane de Souza Cardoso Quintão², Pâmela Maria de Oliveira², Évelin Mota Cassemiro², Daiani Cristina Cilião-Alves³, Priscilla Pedrette de Melo Alves⁴, Fabiano Dos Anjos Pereira Martins⁵, Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo⁶, Helen da Costa Gurgel⁴, Elza Ferreira Noronha², Walter Massa Ramalho⁷, Alex Leite Pereira¹, Svetoslav Nanev Slavov⁸, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo⁹, Rodrigo Haddad¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Ceilândia, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.
² Center for Tropical Medicine, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil; Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, University Hospital of Brasilia/EBSERH, Federal District, Brazil.
³ Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, University Hospital of Brasilia/EBSERH, Federal District, Brazil; Euro-American University Centre-UNIEURO, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.
⁴ Laboratory the Geography, Environment and Health, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.
⁵ Surveillance in Health Division, Secretariat of State of Health of the Federal District, Federal District, Brazil.
⁶ Secretariat of Surveillance in Health, Ministry of Health, Federal District, Brazil.
⁷ Faculty of Ceilândia, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil; Center for Tropical Medicine, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.
⁸ Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil; Blood Center of Ribeirão Preto, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁹ Faculty of Ceilândia, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil; Center for Tropical Medicine, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil; National Institute for Science and Technology for Health Technology Assessment, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
¹⁰ Faculty of Ceilândia, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil; Center for Tropical Medicine, University of Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil; Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, University Hospital of Brasilia/EBSERH, Federal District, Brazil. Electronic address: haddad@unb.br.

PMID: 37003524
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.03.024

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dengue* / diagnosis
Humans
Nasopharynx
Specimen Handling
Virus Diseases*