Simultaneously, training and monitoring were implemented to improve the dengue case surveillance system.
To describe the laboratory assays used to investigate a suspected dengue case in summer 2012 in western Greece and to report the public health response.
Table 1 shows the frequencies of the HLA class 1 specificities in our dengue case patients.
These five predominant HLA-A alleles in dengue case patients are also present in matched control groups in this study.
A suspected dengue case was defined as a febrile illness clinically compatible with DF according to the treating physician.
The first confirmed dengue case occurred on April 22.
The data set included dengue case data from 2001 2009.
Also, the definition of a reported dengue case varies.
A "Dengue Case Investigation Form" must accompany the specimen.
The dengue case definition is important for diagnosing a dengue case, especially when diagnosing without laboratory confirmation in resource-poor settings.
In most countries, no algorithm for triage and dengue case management existed prior to this study.
