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J Infect Public Health. 2012 Apr;5(2):199-202. Epub 2012 Mar 21.
The diagnostic challenge of pandemic H1N1 2009 virus in a dengue-endemic region: A case report of combined infection in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hussain R, Al-Omar I, Memish ZA.
Source
Head of Virology Unit, Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
It is difficult to distinguish dengue fever from other febrile illnesses in a dengue-endemic area. This issue was compounded during the H1N1 2009 pandemic of influenza, which also presents as a febrile illness. This first laboratory-confirmed case of co-infection with dengue and influenza A H1N1 2009 strain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, highlights the importance of considering co-infections because not only is influenza an ongoing concern in Jeddah, but several viral hemorrhagic fever viruses circulate in this region.
Copyright ? 2012 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PMID:
22541269
[PubMed - in process]
The diagnostic challenge of pandemic H1N1 2009 virus in a dengue-endemic region: A case report of combined infection in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hussain R, Al-Omar I, Memish ZA.
Source
Head of Virology Unit, Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
It is difficult to distinguish dengue fever from other febrile illnesses in a dengue-endemic area. This issue was compounded during the H1N1 2009 pandemic of influenza, which also presents as a febrile illness. This first laboratory-confirmed case of co-infection with dengue and influenza A H1N1 2009 strain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, highlights the importance of considering co-infections because not only is influenza an ongoing concern in Jeddah, but several viral hemorrhagic fever viruses circulate in this region.
Copyright ? 2012 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PMID:
22541269
[PubMed - in process]
