Dengue fever is a common, worldwide, acute viral illness. The infection typically presents as a severe flu-like illness and may affect children and adults. It is usually a nonfatal disease, but it may progress to a severe form know as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). It is well known that the disease is transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes of the genus Aedesaegypti.
What is Dengue?
Dengue Fever is transmitted by a bite from an infected aedes aegypti mosquito. The Aedes mosquito gets infected through biting a Dengue-infected person. Dengue is common in tropical countries like the Philippines. Signs of illnesses vary from person to person and may present as flu-like symptoms. It can lead to a complication called Dengue Hemorrhagic fever that can be lethal.
Clinical presentations of dengue illness are non specific. They can present as fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, nose or gum bleeding, lethargy and restlessness. For patients presenting with fever, Dengue should be always be considered.
How to diagnose dengue?
The most reliable evidence for diagnosis of dengue infection can be derived from laboratory investigation. This can be done by viral antigen detection (such as for NS1) or specific antibodies (serology)-these tests are dengue IgM and dengue IgG such as the CANAMED Dengue IgG/IgM antibody tet kit. Both IgG and IgM are produced after 5–7 days. Recently, an up-to-date test for early diagnosis of dengue infection is dengue NS1 antigen detection such as the CANAMED Dengue NS1 antigen test kit. Evaluation of the NS1 assay indicated moderately high sensitivity and very high specificity to dengue infection. These two test (CANAMED Dengue NS1 antigen test kit and Dengue IgG/IgM antibody test kit) can detect Dengue infection in just 15 minutes and it can be done even in a clinic setting. It’s simple, fast, accurate, affordable and reliable to use.
Prepared by:
Ruth Gonzales
Assistant Product Manager
Trianon Diagnostics
0922-8203792
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