CD8A and dengue disease: To this end, the activation state of peripheral blood CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ T cells was assessed in fresh whole-blood at the time of enrolment, on illness day 6, and again at follow-up in 172 consecutive patients enrolled in the study between September 07 and June 08 (85 in CQ arm, 87 in placebo arm), amongst whom there were 147 laboratory-confirmed dengue patients.