Le Thi Thu Thao

TL;DR: In dengue endemic areas patients with encephalitis and encephalopathy should be investigated for this infection, whether or not they have other features of the disease.

TL;DR: It is suggested that in JE, seizures and raised intracranial pressure may be important causes of death and the outcome may be improved by measures aimed at controlling these secondary complications.

TL;DR: The spectrum and evolution of disease manifestations among 644 adults with d Dengue who were prospectively recruited on admission to a major infectious disease hospital in southern Vietnam are described and a group of patients with similar illnesses not caused by dengue is compared.

TL;DR: These data provide the first snapshot of gene-expression patterns in peripheral blood during acute dengue and suggest that DSS is associated with attenuation of selected aspects of the innate host response.

TL;DR: It is concluded that although T reg cells expand and function normally in acute dengue infection, their relative frequencies are insufficient to control the immunopathology of severe disease.