1. Dengue fever complicated by liver dysfunction due to possible co-infection with hepatitis E in a returning traveller from Cuba.
- Author
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Antinori S, Morena V, Pagani G, Venturi G, Giacomelli A, Milazzo L, Ridolfo AL, and Zanchetta N
- Subjects
- Acute Disease, Adult, Chikungunya virus immunology, Communicable Diseases, Imported complications, Communicable Diseases, Imported diagnosis, Communicable Diseases, Imported immunology, Communicable Diseases, Imported virology, Cross Reactions, Cuba ethnology, Dengue diagnosis, Dengue virology, Dengue Virus immunology, Female, Hepatitis E diagnosis, Hepatitis E virology, Humans, Italy, Zika Virus immunology, Coinfection diagnosis, Coinfection virology, Dengue complications, Hepatitis E complications, Travel-Related Illness
- Abstract
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne infection that co-circulates with Chikungunya and Zika virus infection in many parts of the world. Dengue virus (DENV) is occasionally responsible for acute hepatitis and a few cases of acute hepatitis due to co-infection with DENV and hepatitis E virus have been described in India. A 37-year-old Cuban woman living in Italy was admitted to our hospital with a presumed arboviral infection upon her return to Italy short after a 15-day trip to her home-country to visit relatives. An acute infection due to DENV serotype 1 was initially diagnosed, following a clinical course characterized by signs of liver dysfunction that were possibly due to co-infection with hepatitis E virus.
- Published
- 2020