title: Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh.
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%).
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. rclarocque@partners.org
authors.forename: Regina C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: LaRocque
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Breiman
authors.forename: Mary D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ari
authors.forename: Roger E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Morey
authors.forename: Firdous Ara
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Janan
authors.forename: John Mosely
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: M Anowar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: W Abdullah
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Paul N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Levett
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors