Eurofins Biomnis code

DENG

Synonyms

• Flavivirus
• Arbovirus
• Flavivirus - dengue fever
• dengue

Clinic significance

Dengue is caused by four antigenically related but distinct types of a flavivirus, all transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. Widespread throughout Central and South America, the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. Cases in Europe are imported from endemic areas. The classic disease is characterized by an acute influenza-like febrile syndrome which is debilitating but self-limited. However, it can cause a very serious hemorrhagic disease in some cases. The virus can be isolated from the blood during the acute phase of infection but diagnosis is more usually on the basis of serological analysis with evidence of either seroconversion or the detection of specific IgM antibodies (which appear early).

Prenalytics

• 1 mL
• serum (do not use 10 mL tube)
• Refrigerated

Further information

• Enclose the specific clinical information form (R28-INTGB : Dengue-Chikungunya-West Nile-Zika)
• Only to be performed in the immune phase, i.e., from Day 5 after the onset of clinical signs

Documents to download

• Specific clinical information form (R28-INTGB)

Methodology

Enzyme-immunoassay

Turnaround time

3 days