Chikungunya virus and dengue virus coinfection: a case report from Bangladesh
Muhammad Abdur Rahima b, Shahana Zamanc d, Samira Rahat Afrozee f, Hasna Fahmima Haquee f, Farhana Afroze g, Tabassum Samada b f h, Khwaja Nazim Uddine f
- aDepartment of Nephrology , BIRDEM and IMC , Dhaka , Bangladesh
- bDepartment of Nephrology, BIRDEM and IMC, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- cDepartment of Cardiology , NICVD , Dhaka , Bangladesh
- dDepartment of Cardiology, NICVD, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- eDepartment of Internal Medicine , BIRDEM and IMC , Dhaka , Bangladesh
- fDepartment of Internal Medicine, BIRDEM and IMC, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- gDepartment of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital and IMC, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
- hDepartment of Nephrology , BIRDEM General Hospital and IMC , 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue , Dhaka -1000 , Bangladesh
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Abstract
A case of concurrent chikungunya virus and dengue virus infection is reported here. The patient presented with fever and generalized body ache. Diagnostic work-up revealed chikungunya-dengue co-infection. Dengue is endemic in Bangladesh while chikungunya is a recently emerging infection. As both the viruses are transmitted by a common vector, Aedes spp., such co-infections are likely to increase in coming years.IMC J Med Sci 2018; 12(1): 42-43
TL;DRDengue is endemic in Bangladesh while chikungunya is a recently emerging infection, and such co-infections are likely to increase in coming years. (Semantic Scholar)