Open AccessDengue in HIV infected patients: clinical profiles
Author(s) -
Beuy Joob,
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.12980/apjtb.4.2014apjtb-2014-0161
Subject(s) - dengue fever , medicine , dengue virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral infection , dengue hemorrhagic fever , immunology , complication , virology , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , virus
Dengue is an important tropical viral infection. It can present with acute febrile illness with possible hemorrhagic complication. Since it is a common infection in the tropical world, concomitance with other diseases can be expected. An important consideration is the co-presentation of dengue with HIV infection. In this specific report, the authors summarize the clinical profiles of dengue patients with HIV infection. Based on the present study, it can be seen that clinical profiles of dengue in any group of HIV infection is not different