TY - JOUR
T1 - Leptospirosis in febrile patients with suspected diagnosis of dengue fever
AU - del Valle-Mendoza, Juana
AU - Palomares-Reyes, Carlos
AU - Carrillo-Ng, Hugo
AU - Tarazona-Castro, Yordi
AU - Kym, Sungmin
AU - Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel
AU - del Valle, Luis J.
AU - Aquino-Ortega, Ronald
AU - Martins-Luna, Johanna
AU - Peña-Tuesta, Isaac
AU - Verne, Eduardo
AU - Silva-Caso, Wilmer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Objective: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of leptospirosis among febrile patients with a suspicious clinical diagnosis of dengue fever in northern Peru. Results: A total of 276 serum samples from patients with acute febrile illness (AFI) and suspected diagnosis for dengue virus (DENV) were analyzed. We identified an etiological agent in 121 (47.5%) patients, DENV was detected in 30.4% of the cases, leptospirosis in 11.2% and co-infection by both pathogens was observed in 5.9% of the patients. In this study the most common clinical symptoms reported by the patients were: headache 89.1%, myalgias 86.9% and arthralgias 82.9%. No differences in symptomatology was observed among the different study groups.
AB - Objective: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of leptospirosis among febrile patients with a suspicious clinical diagnosis of dengue fever in northern Peru. Results: A total of 276 serum samples from patients with acute febrile illness (AFI) and suspected diagnosis for dengue virus (DENV) were analyzed. We identified an etiological agent in 121 (47.5%) patients, DENV was detected in 30.4% of the cases, leptospirosis in 11.2% and co-infection by both pathogens was observed in 5.9% of the patients. In this study the most common clinical symptoms reported by the patients were: headache 89.1%, myalgias 86.9% and arthralgias 82.9%. No differences in symptomatology was observed among the different study groups.
KW - Acute febrile illnesses
KW - DENV
KW - Leptospirosis
KW - Tropical disease
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85106983397
U2 - 10.1186/s13104-021-05627-3
DO - 10.1186/s13104-021-05627-3
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 34051849
AN - SCOPUS:85106983397
SN - 1756-0500
VL - 14
JO - BMC Research Notes
JF - BMC Research Notes
IS - 1
M1 - 209
ER -
