High Yield of HIV Testing in Dengue-Like Febrile Illness in Singapore | Zendy

Ayesha J Verrall | Zendy; David Chien Lye | Zendy; Surinder Pada | Zendy; Nares Smitasin | Zendy; Chun-Kiat Lee | Zendy; Mui-Joo Khoo | Zendy; Evelyn S. C. Koay | Zendy; YeeSin Leo | Zendy; Dale Fisher | Zendy; Sophia Archuleta | Zendy

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High Yield of HIV Testing in Dengue-Like Febrile Illness in Singapore

Author(s) -

Ayesha J Verrall,

David Chien Lye,

Surinder Pada,

Nares Smitasin,

Chun-Kiat Lee,

Mui-Joo Khoo,

Evelyn S. C. Koay,

YeeSin Leo,

Dale Fisher,

Sophia Archuleta

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy171

Subject(s) - medicine , dengue fever , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , yield (engineering) , virology , intensive care medicine , metallurgy , materials science

Where dengue virus infections are endemic, acute febrile illness is often managed as dengue fever (DF) without diagnostic testing. In a prospective study of 140 patients with clinical features of DF, 3 (2.1%) had acute HIV infection (AHI). We recommend testing for AHI in dengue-like febrile illness.

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