TY  - JOUR
AU  - Adedayo, Faneye 
AU  - Nioma, Idika 
AU  - Olanrewaju, Motayo Babatunde 
AU  - Adeyinka, Adesanmi 
AU  - Ebele, Afocha 
PY  - 2013
TI  - Serological Evidence of Recent Dengue Virus Infection Among Febrile Children in a Semi Arid Zone
JF  - American Journal of Infectious Diseases
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajidsp.2013.7.10
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajidsp.2013.7.10
AB  - Presence of Dengue virus has been established in Nigeria; owing to the severity of this disease and its attendant complications we investigated the presence of this virus serologically in febrile Nigerian children under 5 years of age from Ilorin. Blood samples were tested from 130 children under the age of 5 years for the presence of IgM antibodies against all the Dengue virus serotypes using ELISA Kit by IVD research, Inc® California USA. A prevalence rate of 40(30.8%) was recorded, with male children having a higher rate of 30(44.1%) while female children recorded 10(16.1%). Age range distribution was highest in group 3>5 years with 10(62.5%) and lowest in age group