Potential dual dengue and SARS-CoV-2 infection in Thailand: A case study
Anuttra C. Ratnarathon,
Krit Pongpirul,
Wannarat A. Pongpirul,
Lantharita Charoenpong,
Wisit Prasithsirikul
Affiliations
Anuttra C. Ratnarathon
Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Krit Pongpirul
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Corresponding author.
Wannarat A. Pongpirul
Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Lantharita Charoenpong
Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Wisit Prasithsirikul
Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has non-specific clinical and laboratory characteristics that might be similar to other viral infection including dengue. Two Covid-19 cases with ‘false-positive’ dengue serology have been reported in Singapore but no public health consequence was described. We describe a Thai patient with an initial diagnosis of dengue fever who was later confirmed to also infect with SARSCoV-2. The Covid-19 infection appeared to spread to one family member and one healthcare worker.
