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Case Reports
. 2021 Aug 16;14(8):e241727.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241727.

Neonatal dengue: an under-diagnosed entity

Bharti Yadav  1 , Neeraj Gupta  2 , Ravisekhar Gadepalli  3 , Vijaya Lakshmi Nag  3
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Case Reports

Neonatal dengue: an under-diagnosed entity

Bharti Yadav et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Neonatal dengue is an under-diagnosed disease likely due to low index of suspicion along with its resemblance to sepsis. We hereby report two cases of neonatal dengue, highlighting the need of high degree of suspicion in infants born to febrile mothers even with maternal serology being negative. Moreover, severity of neonatal illness positively correlates with the maternal disease.

Keywords: materno-fetal medicine; neonatal intensive care; routine care of the full-time infant; tropical medicine (infectious disease).

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Serial haemograms in confirmed neonatal dengue cases.
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