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Volume 22, Number 6—June 2016
Synopsis

Reemergence of Dengue in Southern Texas, 2013

Dana Thomas, Gilberto A. Santiago, Roman Abeyta, Steven Hinojosa, Brenda Torres-Velasquez, Jessica K. Adam, Nicole Evert, Elba Caraballo, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán, Brian Smith, Alison Banicki, Kay M. Tomashek, Linda Gaul, and Tyler M. SharpComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico (D.L. Thomas, G.A. Santiago, B. Torres-Velasquez, E. Caraballo, E. Hunsperger, J.L. Muñoz-Jordán, K.M. Tomashek, T.M. Sharp); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (D.L. Thomas, J.K. Adam); Cameron County Health Department, Harlingen, Texas, USA (R. Abeyta); Texas Department of State Health Services, Harlingen (R. Abeyta, B. Smith); Hidalgo County Health and Human Services, Edinburg, Texas, USA (S. Hinojosa); Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, San Diego, California, USA (J.K. Adam); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (N. Evert, A. Banicki, L. Gaul)

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Suspected dengue cases identified by the Texas Department of State Health Services, 2013. A total of 264 suspected dengue cases were reported along with IgM ELISA diagnostic test results obtained from commercial diagnostic laboratories. A subset of 112 available specimens was forwarded for confirmatory diagnostic testing by real-time reverse transcription PCR and anti–dengue virus IgM ELISA. Black, positive result (n = 53); gray, laboratory-indeterminate result (n = 127); white, laboratory-negat

Figure 1. Suspected dengue cases identified by the Texas Department of State Health Services, 2013. A total of 264 suspected dengue cases were reported along with IgM ELISA diagnostic test results obtained from commercial diagnostic laboratories. A subset of 112 available specimens was forwarded for confirmatory diagnostic testing by real-time reverse transcription PCR and anti–dengue virus IgM ELISA. Black, positive result (n = 53); gray, laboratory-indeterminate result (n = 127); white, laboratory-negative result (n = 84).

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