Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh

Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh

We collected acute-phase serum samples from febrile patients at 2 major hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during an outbreak of dengue fever in 2001. A total of 18% of dengue-negative patients tested positive for leptospirosis. The case-fatality rate among leptospirosis patients (5%) was higher than a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2005-05, Vol.11 (5), p.766-769
Hauptverfasser: LaRocque, Regina C, Breiman, Robert F, Ari, Mary D, Morey, Roger E, Janan, Firdous Ara, Hayes, John Mosely, Hossain, M Anowar, Brooks, W Abdullah, Levett, Paul N
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Bangladesh
Case studies
Dengue
Dengue - epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Female
fever
Health aspects
Humans
Keywords: Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis - epidemiology
Male
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:We collected acute-phase serum samples from febrile patients at 2 major hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during an outbreak of dengue fever in 2001. A total of 18% of dengue-negative patients tested positive for leptospirosis. The case-fatality rate among leptospirosis patients (5%) was higher than among dengue fever patients (1.2%).
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1105.041212