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Journal of Virology, November 2005, p. 13797-13799, Vol. 79, No. 21
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.21.13797-13799.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Dengue Fever in Humanized NOD/SCID Mice

Dennis A. Bente,1 Michael W. Melkus,2 J. Victor Garcia,2 and Rebeca Rico-Hesse1*

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, 7620 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, Texas 78227,1 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 753902

Received 5 July 2005/ Accepted 8 August 2005

The increased transmission and geographic spread of dengue fever (DF) and its more severe presentation, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), make it the most important mosquito-borne viral disease of humans (50 to 100 million infections/year) (World Health Organization, Fact sheet 117, 2002). There are no vaccines or treatment for DF or DHF because there are no animal or other models of human disease; even higher primates do not show symptoms after infection (W. F. Scherer, P. K. Russell, L. Rosen, J. Casals, and R. W. Dickerman, Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 27:590-599, 1978). We demonstrate that nonobese diabetic/severely compromised immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) mice xenografted with human CD34+ cells develop clinical signs of DF as in humans (fever, rash, and thrombocytopenia), when infected in a manner mimicking mosquito transmission (dose and mode). These results suggest this is a valuable model with which to study pathogenesis and test antidengue products.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Virology and Immunology, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, 7620 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78227. Phone: (210) 258-9681. Fax: (210) 258-9776. E-mail: rricoh{at}sfbr.org.

Journal of Virology, November 2005, p. 13797-13799, Vol. 79, No. 21
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.21.13797-13799.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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