Training Course

Dengue Infection: a Practical Laboratory Approach

When : March 2008
Participants : 10 persons

 

Aims

1. To build diagnostic knowledge and experience with dengue infection
2. To practice laboratory investigations of dengue infection
3. To update knowledge on new methods of dengue diagnosis

 

 

Who

Laboratory staff or medical doctors who intend to practice, or who are interested in, dengue diagnosis at both basic and molecular levelsContent :

1. Review of dengue: virology, immunology, etc.
2. Dengue virus culture in cell lines and primary immune cells
3. Mosquito inoculation
4. Immunochromatographic test
5. ELISA IgM and IgG
6. Plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT)
7. Nucleotide detection of dengue virus by RT-PCR
8. Protein detection of dengue virus by Western blot and enzyme assay

 

 

Contact

The Deputy Dean for International Relations
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
E-mail: tmpat@mahidol.ac.th
Tel: 66 (0) 2 354 9100-19 ext. 1315, 1667
Fax: 66 (0) 2 354 9163
Or
International Relations Unit
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
E-mail: tmirunit@diamond.mahidol.ac.th
Tel: 66 (0) 2 354 9100-19 ext. 1318, 1327
Fax: 66 (0) 2 354 9141