Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh.
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%).
LaRocque
Regina C
RC
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. rclarocque@partners.org
Breiman
Robert F
RF
Ari
Mary D
MD
Morey
Roger E
RE
Janan
Firdous Ara
FA
Hayes
John Mosely
JM
Hossain
M Anowar
MA
Brooks
W Abdullah
WA
Levett
Paul N
PN
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