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Posted On : 26 Sep 2019

If in a case of fever Dengue NS1 is positive but Dengue IgG and IgM are negative what does this report mean?

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M

mohammad eliyas

Dengue positive

5 years ago

P

Prashanth R B

Dengue positive

5 years ago

H

Hassan Khan Jadoon

exposed to virus but not sure

5 years ago

Answer 1

The antibody response may not have taken place as yet. Positive NS1 suggests acute infection.