Underrecognized Mildly Symptomatic Viremic Dengue Virus Infections in Rural Thai Schools and Villages

Abstract

Dengue transmission risk was high near viremic children in both high- and low-incidence years. Inapparent infections in the cohort overestimated the rate of asymptomatic infections. Ambulatory children with mild febrile viremic infections could represent an important component of dengue transmission.