Leptospirosis in febrile patients with suspected diagnosis of dengue fever

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. A total of 276 serum samples from patients with acute febrile illness (AFI) and suspected diagnosis for dengue virus (DENV) were analy...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2021-05, Vol.14 (1), p.1-209, Article 209
Main Authors: del Valle-Mendoza, Juana, Palomares-Reyes, Carlos, Carrillo-Ng, Hugo, Tarazona-Castro, Yordi, Kym, Sungmin, Aguilar-Luis, Miguel Angel, del Valle, Luis J, Aquino-Ortega, Ronald, Martins-Luna, Johanna, Peéa-Tuesta, Isaac, Verne, Eduardo, Silva-Caso, Wilmer
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Language:English
Subjects:
Acute febrile illnesses
Comparative analysis
Complications and side effects
Dengue
Dengue fever
DENV
Developing countries
Diagnosis
Epidemiology
Etiology
Fever
Headaches
Health care
Health facilities
Illnesses
Infections
LDCs
Leptospirosis
Pathogens
Regions
Research Note
Risk factors
Tropical disease
Tropical diseases
Zoonoses
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Summary: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. 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.
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/s13104-021-05627-3