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Leptospirosis during Dengue Outbreak, Bangladesh

Author Affiliations
Massachusetts General Hospital, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, ...
Published InEmerging infectious diseases
Year2005
Citations142

Abstract

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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