Potential diagnostic for dengue fever outcomes based on metabolomic profiles
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease that can develop into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. There are currently no standard biomarkers or algorithms for the prognosis of the progression to hemorrhagic fever or potentially fatal shock syndrome. Scientists are exploring the use of small molecules in patient serum for diagnosis of dengue fever and potentially predicting progression to the severe disease.