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NCT Number: NCT01868399

Pilot Survey of Dengue Fever in Solomon Islands

Since 2009, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital organized a medical team to provide the medical service for people in Solomon Islands thru Taiwan Health Center at the local. In addition to Malaria and pulmonary tuberculosis, the investigators also found dengue virus, Japanese Encephalitis virus, Chikungunya virus infections and intestinal parasitic infections might be the existing but overlooked and neglected medical issues in Solomon Islands. These infections show similarity in clinical manifestations and usually difficulty in clinical diagnosis, instead these infections rely on the laboratory identification with good laboratory quality and facility.

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Key information

Conditions

Arbovirus Infections Infections Vector Borne Diseases Virus Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Tropical Medicine center

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 807

About this study

In this study, the investigators plan to investigate the local people, either from the community or the hospitals, to identify the prevalence and incidence of dengue fever, including laboratory identification of related infections for differential diagnosis, including Japanese Encephalitis virus, Chikungunya virus and intestinal parasitic infections. Intestinal parasite survey has been the routine long-term service offered by the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital in Solomon Islands. At the same time, the subjects enrolled in this study will also be asked the common medical illness in Solomon Islands (i.e. malaria, pulmonary tuberculosis and metabolic syndrome etc.) in order to delineate the association of dengue fever and these acute and chronic illness.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • healthy volunteer
  • reported dengue virus infection volunteer
  • people who understand the purpose of the study and agree the to sign the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • people who refuse to join the study

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Dengue fever

    Time frame: at the time of sampling (blood)

    Clinical manifestations, comorbidity and severity

Secondary outcomes

  1. Co-infection and interplay of dengue-like pathogens

    Time frame: within the first 3 months after blood sampling

    Identification and Analysis of dengue-like illness and pathogens to investigate the interplay between these coinfections

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China, TAIWAN
  • Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Solomon Islands
  • National Referral Hospital

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Jun 4, 2013
Registry last updated
Mar 7, 2017

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