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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Autores principales: 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.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15890136
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.041212
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author 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.
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Breiman, Robert F.
Ari, Mary D.
Morey, Roger E.
Janan, Firdous Ara
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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 pubmed-33203872012-04-20 Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh 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. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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%). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3320387/ /pubmed/15890136 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.041212 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Hossain, M. Anowar
Brooks, W. Abdullah
Levett, Paul N.
Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh
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