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Total immunoglobulin E levels and dengue infection on San Andrés Island, Colombia
M J Míguez-Burbano1, C A Jaramillo, C J Palmer
1Institute of Virology, Colombian School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia.
Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
|July 3, 1999
Abstract:
An evaluation of total immunoglobulin E (IgE) and dengue serostatus in 168 subjects from San Andrés Island, Colombia, revealed altered levels of IgE in 89% of the population. IgE levels were higher in patients with a history of dengue or with a current secondary or current primary infection than in subjects with no exposure (P = 0. 01). Dengue infection accounted for 23% of the variation in IgE levels.