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- Title
Notes from the Field: Interpretation of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Leptospirosis During a Dengue Outbreak - Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, 2019.
- Authors
Dawson, Patrick; Marfel, Maria; Galloway, Renee; Tareg, Aileen; Paz-Bailey, Gabriela; Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge L.; Sharp, Tyler M.; Adams, Laura E.; Bower, William A.; Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge L
- Abstract
The article discusses on August 30, 2019, Yap State declared a public health crisis caused by concurrent outbreaks of dengue and leptospirosis, two clinically similar illnesses, resulting in 545 suspected dengue cases. Topics include dengue virus type 3 has identified by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction for 38 patients; and Leptospirosis is caused by infection with Leptospira bacteria and commonly acquired from contact with water or soil.
- Subjects
MICRONESIA; DENGUE hemorrhagic fever; LEPTOSPIROSIS; DENGUE; DIAGNOSIS methods
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2020, Vol 69, Issue 48, p1832
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.15585/mmwr.mm6948a6