Co-infection of dengue fever and hepatitis A in a Russian traveler

Elena Volchkova; Karina Umbetova; Olga Belaia; Maria Sviridova; Ludmila Dmitrieva; Daria Arutyunova; Dmitriy Chernishov; Ludmila Karan

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2016.07.002

Co-infection of dengue fever and hepatitis A in a Russian traveler

IDCases. 2016 Jul 29:5:67-8. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2016.07.002. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Elena Volchkova¹, Karina Umbetova¹, Olga Belaia¹, Maria Sviridova¹, Ludmila Dmitrieva¹, Daria Arutyunova¹, Dmitriy Chernishov², Ludmila Karan³

Affiliations

¹ First Moscow Medical University "I.M. Sechenov", Moscow, Russia.
² Moscow Infectious Clinical Hospital #2, Moscow, Russia.
³ "Central Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology" Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

We report a hepatitis A (HAV) and dengue virus (DENV) co-infection in Russian man who had been traveling to Dominican Republic. At admission to the hospital hemorrhagic and jaundice symptoms were observed in patient. PCR tests of blood serum and urine revealed RNA dengue virus type 3, HAV RNA, anti-HAV-IgM.

Keywords: Dengue virus; Viral hepatitis A.

Publication types

Case Reports