Potential dual dengue and SARS-CoV-2 infection in Thailand: A case study

Anuttra C Ratnarathon; Krit Pongpirul; Wannarat A Pongpirul; Lantharita Charoenpong; Wisit Prasithsirikul

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04175

Potential dual dengue and SARS-CoV-2 infection in Thailand: A case study

Heliyon. 2020 Jun;6(6):e04175. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04175. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Authors

Anuttra C Ratnarathon¹, Krit Pongpirul^{2

3}, Wannarat A Pongpirul¹, Lantharita Charoenpong¹, Wisit Prasithsirikul¹

Affiliations

¹ Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
² Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
³ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has non-specific clinical and laboratory characteristics that might be similar to other viral infection including dengue. Two Covid-19 cases with 'false-positive' dengue serology have been reported in Singapore but no public health consequence was described. We describe a Thai patient with an initial diagnosis of dengue fever who was later confirmed to also infect with SARSCoV-2. The Covid-19 infection appeared to spread to one family member and one healthcare worker.

Keywords: COVID-19; Dengue; Epidemiology; Infectious disease; Occupational health; Public health; SARS-CoV-2; Virology.

Publication types

Case Reports