1. Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh.
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LaRocque, Regina C., Breiman, Robert F., Ari, Mary D., Morey, Roger E., Janan, Firdous Ara, Hayes, John Mosely, Hossain, M. Anowar, Brooks, W. Abdullah, and Levett, Paul N.
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LEPTOSPIROSIS , *DENGUE , *DISEASE outbreaks , *COMPARATIVE studies , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *RESEARCH , *TIME , *EVALUATION research , *RETROSPECTIVE studies - 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%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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