A Rare Presentation of Coinfection: Dengue Virus and Hepatitis A Virus

I. Ranathunga; L. S. Kannangara; K. A. S Bandara; S. B. Gunatilake

doi:10.1155/2019/9782892

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2019)

A Rare Presentation of Coinfection: Dengue Virus and Hepatitis A Virus

I. Ranathunga,
L. S. Kannangara,
K. A. S Bandara,
S. B. Gunatilake

Affiliations

I. Ranathunga: Registrar in Medicine, Professorial Medical Unit, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
L. S. Kannangara: Senior Registrar in Medicine, Professorial Medical Unit, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
K. A. S Bandara: Registrar in Medicine, Professorial Medical Unit, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
S. B. Gunatilake: Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9782892
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2019

Abstract

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Dengue fever caused by dengue virus is a common tropical infection transmitted by the mosquitos Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Four strains of the genus flavivirus is responsible for the epidemics of varying severity. Hepatitis A caused by hepatitis A virus is spread by faecal-oral route. The culprit virus is a hepatovirus. Coinfection with dengue virus and hepatitis A virus is rare and is a diagnostic as well as management challenge to the medical professional. We report a patient who presented to us with dengue virus and hepatitis A virus coinfection.

Published in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 2090-6625 (Print); 2090-6633 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4806

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