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

Heliyon (Jun 2020)

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

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 6
p. e04175

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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.

Published in Heliyon

ISSN: 2405-8440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
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