Table 1 Circulating concentrations (mean ± SD) of measured parameters in patients with dengue serotype-2 virus infection during the febrile stage, defervescence and convalescence (N = 15), in healthy controls (N = 20) and in non-dengue febrile controls (N = 15)

Plasma LTB₄ (p mol/μmol AA)

0.35 (0.35)^b

0.38 (0.34)^b

0.01 (0.02)^c

0.01 (0.01)^c

0.17 (0.12)^d

Serum hsCRP (mg/L)

6.10 (6.70)^b

3.30 (3.00)^b

0.60 (1.50)^c

1.02 (1.01)^c

3.36 (3.69)^b

Plasma arachidonic acid (μg/mL)

89.0 (26.4)^a

95.8 (24.3)^a

110.0 (20.2)^a

86.5 (19.7)^a

87.7 (22.5)^a

Plasma phospholipase A₂ activity (nmol/ min/mL)

4.3 (0.9)^a

4.4 (1.0)^a

4.2 (0.9)^a

4.2 (1.1)^a

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