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. 2005 May;11(5):766-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1105.041212.

Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh

Regina C LaRocque  1 , Robert F Breiman, Mary D Ari, Roger E Morey, Firdous Ara Janan, John Mosely Hayes, M Anowar Hossain, W Abdullah Brooks, Paul N Levett
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Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh

Regina C LaRocque et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 May.

Abstract

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%).

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Proportion of dengue and leptospirosis patients at 2 major hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by month, 2001.
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