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The detection of NS1 in SDI is timed similar to PDI&#46; However an anamnestic IgG response occurs at the onset of SDI earlier to the appearance of IgM antibodies making the onset of the immune phase concomitant with the viremic phase&#46; The challenge in identifying SDI is complicated by two factors&#46; First&#44; a slow IgM rise &#40;sometimes not detectable&#41; during convalescence in SDI&#46; Second&#44; IgG is being the dominant antibody in SDI&#46; These make IgM&#47;IgG optical density ratio less than the assay dependent cut-off value as a laboratory hallmark of SDI&#46; Though serial monitoring of IgG titers helps in SDI diagnosis&#44; the concept is infrequently practised&#46; Studying dengue illness after categorizing it as viremic phase&#44; viremia-immune overlap phase&#44; and immune phase &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41; will facilitate better understanding of occurrence and progression of clinical symptoms&#44; signs and laboratory findings&#46; Obtaining these information &#40;especially course of thrombocytopenia and organ dysfunction&#41; gains critical importance since it may help us predicting the course of the illness with current therapies for dengue fever&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The suggested classification may furthermore help identifying the effects of interventions &#40;anti-viral therapy&#44; corticosteroids&#44; immunosuppresants&#41; during viremic phase and viremia-immune overlap which could lessen the complications observed in the immune phase&#46; The classification does have important limitations&#46; First one is the diagnosis of SDI&#44; a factor which is difficult to address taking into account the complex IgM and IgG antibody response observed in secondary infection&#46; Second is the lack of standardization among NS1 assays&#44; though an ELISA based protocol is generally preferred&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> WHO recommendation on methods of NS1 detection will add clarity to the classification&#46; 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Letter to the Editor
Categorization of dengue fever according to phase of illness—a suggestion for clinical studies using single diagnostic sample
Emmanuel Bhaskara,
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drmeb1974@yahoo.co.in

Corresponding author at: Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai 600116, India.
, Raveendran Praveenab, Gopalan Sowmyaa, Swathy Moorthya
a Department of Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai, India
b Department of Microbiology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chrompet, Chennai, India
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spanning from 3rd to 6th day of illness&#46; The phase of dengue beyond 6th day of illness is called recovery phase &#40;though a sizable number of patients take longer to recover&#41;&#46; When the dengue virus infects a previously non-infected person&#44; it is inferred as primary dengue infection &#91;PDI&#93;&#46; A patient with PDI will demonstrate NS1 antigen till the 3rd day of illness &#40;sometimes as long as the 9th day&#41;&#44; IgM antibodies detectable beyond the 3rd day of illness and IgG beyond the 7th day of illness&#46; Though IgM and IgG are detectable by the 7th day of PDI&#44; the dominant antibody is IgM as demonstrated by IgM&#47;IgG optical density ratio of more than the assay cut-off value &#40;studies have used a cut-off value of &#62;1&#46;2 with patient sera in 1&#47;100 dilution or &#62;1&#46;4 with patient sera in 1&#47;20 dilution&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> When the dengue virus infects a person who had been previously infected by a different dengue serotype it is said to be secondary dengue infection &#91;SDI&#93;&#46; The detection of NS1 in SDI is timed similar to PDI&#46; However an anamnestic IgG response occurs at the onset of SDI earlier to the appearance of IgM antibodies making the onset of the immune phase concomitant with the viremic phase&#46; The challenge in identifying SDI is complicated by two factors&#46; First&#44; a slow IgM rise &#40;sometimes not detectable&#41; during convalescence in SDI&#46; Second&#44; IgG is being the dominant antibody in SDI&#46; These make IgM&#47;IgG optical density ratio less than the assay dependent cut-off value as a laboratory hallmark of SDI&#46; Though serial monitoring of IgG titers helps in SDI diagnosis&#44; the concept is infrequently practised&#46; Studying dengue illness after categorizing it as viremic phase&#44; viremia-immune overlap phase&#44; and immune phase &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41; will facilitate better understanding of occurrence and progression of clinical symptoms&#44; signs and laboratory findings&#46; Obtaining these information &#40;especially course of thrombocytopenia and organ dysfunction&#41; gains critical importance since it may help us predicting the course of the illness with current therapies for dengue fever&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The suggested classification may furthermore help identifying the effects of interventions &#40;anti-viral therapy&#44; corticosteroids&#44; immunosuppresants&#41; during viremic phase and viremia-immune overlap which could lessen the complications observed in the immune phase&#46; The classification does have important limitations&#46; First one is the diagnosis of SDI&#44; a factor which is difficult to address taking into account the complex IgM and IgG antibody response observed in secondary infection&#46; Second is the lack of standardization among NS1 assays&#44; though an ELISA based protocol is generally preferred&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> WHO recommendation on methods of NS1 detection will add clarity to the classification&#46; Third&#44; diagnostic accuracy compared to paired sample&#46; Adopting a cut-off value for IgM &#40;&#62;40<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>units&#41; and IgG &#40;&#62;100<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>units&#41; in the classification has partially addressed the non-inclusion of paired sera for dengue diagnosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare no conflicts of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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