title: Acute parotitis due to dengue virus.
abstract: Acute bilateral parotitis is a common clinical feature of various infectious and autoimmune, metabolic, and drug-related conditions. We describe a unique case of bilateral inflammatory enlargement of the parotid glands in an immunocompetent patient with dengue fever. Evidence of dengue virus in the saliva is also provided for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. torresj@camelot.rect.ucv.ve.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liprandi
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Goncalvez
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010309:Parotitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012463:Saliva / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral