title: Concurrent isolation of chikungunya virus and dengue virus from a patient with coinfection resulting from a trip to Singapore.
abstract: We report two cases of imported infection in patients who had returned to Taiwan from Singapore: one was coinfected with chikungunya virus and dengue virus type 2, and the other was infected with the same dengue virus. Both viruses were successfully isolated from the coinfected case by using antibody neutralization and a plaque purification technique.
authors.affiliation: Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health, 161, Kun-Yang Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shu-Fen
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chien-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Pei-Yun
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Cheng-Fen
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tsai-Ling
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Chia-Hsin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Huai-Chin
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jyh-Hsiung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D012846:Singapore; D013624:Taiwan; D014195:Travel; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral