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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| author | Regina C. LaRocque Robert F. Breiman Mary D. Ari Roger E. Morey Firdous Ara Janan John Mosely Hayes M. Anowar Hossain W. Abdullah Brooks Paul N. Levett |
| author_facet | Regina C. LaRocque Robert F. Breiman Mary D. Ari Roger E. Morey Firdous Ara Janan John Mosely Hayes M. Anowar Hossain W. Abdullah Brooks Paul N. Levett |
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| description | 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%). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5a92f39e3894f00ad342633d16fe08d2022-12-21T17:56:30ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592005-05-0111576676910.3201/eid1105.041212Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, BangladeshRegina C. LaRocqueRobert F. BreimanMary D. AriRoger E. MoreyFirdous Ara JananJohn Mosely HayesM. Anowar HossainW. Abdullah BrooksPaul N. LevettWe 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%).https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/5/04-1212_articleKeywords: LeptospirosisDengueBangladeshfever |
| spellingShingle | Regina C. LaRocque Robert F. Breiman Mary D. Ari Roger E. Morey Firdous Ara Janan John Mosely Hayes M. Anowar Hossain W. Abdullah Brooks Paul N. Levett Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh Emerging Infectious Diseases Keywords: Leptospirosis Dengue Bangladesh fever |
| title | Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh |
| title_full | Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh |
| title_short | Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh |
| title_sort | leptospirosis during dengue outbreak bangladesh |
| topic | Keywords: Leptospirosis Dengue Bangladesh fever |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/5/04-1212_article |
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