A Rare Presentation of Coinfection: Dengue Virus and Hepatitis A Virus.

Case Rep Infect Dis

Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.

Published: August 2019

Dengue fever caused by dengue virus is a common tropical infection transmitted by the mosquitos and . Four strains of the genus flavivirus is responsible for the epidemics of varying severity. Hepatitis A caused by hepatitis A virus is spread by faecal-oral route. The culprit virus is a hepatovirus. Coinfection with dengue virus and hepatitis A virus is rare and is a diagnostic as well as management challenge to the medical professional. We report a patient who presented to us with dengue virus and hepatitis A virus coinfection.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721507PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9782892DOI Listing

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