Covert COVID-19 and false-positive dengue serology in Singapore

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore. Electronic address: gabriel_zherong_yan@nuhs.edu.sg.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.
³ Pioneer Polyclinic, National University Polyclinics, National University Health System, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
⁶ Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore.

Case Reports

Gabriel Yan et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;20(5):536.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30158-4. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

¹ Department of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore. Electronic address: gabriel_zherong_yan@nuhs.edu.sg.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.
³ Pioneer Polyclinic, National University Polyclinics, National University Health System, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
⁶ Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore.

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Comment in

COVID-19 and dengue fever: A dangerous combination for the health system in Brazil.
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Striving as a nation to become an academic leader in the COVID-19 crisis.
Seah I. Seah I. Singapore Med J. 2020 Jul;61(7):370-372. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2020059. Epub 2020 Apr 17. Singapore Med J. 2020. PMID: 32299183 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
To alert coinfection of COVID-19 and dengue virus in developing countries in the dengue-endemic area.
Wu D, Lu J, Liu Q, Ma X, He W. Wu D, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Dec;41(12):1482. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.187. Epub 2020 May 4. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020. PMID: 32362302 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
False positivity of Rose Bengal test in patients with COVID-19: case series, uncontrolled longitudinal study.
Gemcioglu E, Erden A, Karabuga B, Davutoglu M, Ates I, Kücüksahin O, Güner R. Gemcioglu E, et al. Sao Paulo Med J. 2020 Nov-Dec;138(6):561-562. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2020.0484.03092020. Sao Paulo Med J. 2020. PMID: 33206914 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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