2020
Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing on Filter Paper-Dried Serum for Laboratory-Based Dengue Surveillance-American Samoa, 2018.
Curren E, Tufa A, Hancock W, Biggerstaff B, Vaifanua-Leo J, Montalbo C, Sharp T, Fischer M, Hills S, Gould C. Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing on Filter Paper-Dried Serum for Laboratory-Based Dengue Surveillance-American Samoa, 2018. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2020, 102: 622-624. PMID: 31933466, PMCID: PMC7056409, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmerican SamoaDengueHumansPopulation SurveillanceReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificitySerologic TestsSerumConceptsReal-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionResource-limited settingsTranscription polymerase chain reaction testingArboviral diseasesReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionLaboratory-based surveillanceTranscription-polymerase chain reactionDengue virus RNADENV RNAReaction testingDiagnostic testingDengue surveillanceReference laboratorySerumSurveillance of dengueVirus RNAChain reactionDiseaseSurveillanceDengue
2013
Dengue outbreak--Federated States of Micronesia, 2012-2013.
Taulung L, Masao C, Palik H, Samo M, Barrow L, Pretrick M, Nilles E, Kool J, Aure F, Simmons R, Moore F, Pyke A, Taylor C, Cao-Lormeau V, Sharp T, Chen T. Dengue outbreak--Federated States of Micronesia, 2012-2013. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2013, 62: 570-3. PMID: 23863704, PMCID: PMC4604812.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid diagnostic testsNonstructural protein 1World Health OrganizationHealth servicesDengue virus nonstructural protein 1Dengue outbreakHospital surge capacityVirus nonstructural protein 1Resource-limited settingsPublic health activitiesPublic health servicesOutbreak response plansMuscle painClinical managementImmunoglobulin MEnhanced surveillanceEpidemiologic surveillanceSurge capacityHealth consequencesDiagnostic testsHealth activitiesHealth OrganizationProtein 1Laboratory servicesDengue