Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2005)

Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1105.041212
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 5
pp. 766 – 769

Abstract

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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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