Dengue fever complicated by liver dysfunction due to possible co-infection with hepatitis E in a returning traveller from Cuba

Infez Med. 2020 Mar 1;28(1):98-103.

Abstract

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne infection that co-circulates with Chikungunya and Zika virus infection in many parts of the world. Dengue virus (DENV) is occasionally responsible for acute hepatitis and a few cases of acute hepatitis due to co-infection with DENV and hepatitis E virus have been described in India. A 37-year-old Cuban woman living in Italy was admitted to our hospital with a presumed arboviral infection upon her return to Italy short after a 15-day trip to her home-country to visit relatives. An acute infection due to DENV serotype 1 was initially diagnosed, following a clinical course characterized by signs of liver dysfunction that were possibly due to co-infection with hepatitis E virus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Chikungunya virus / immunology
  • Coinfection* / diagnosis
  • Coinfection* / virology
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / complications
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / immunology
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / virology
  • Cross Reactions
  • Cuba / ethnology
  • Dengue / complications*
  • Dengue / diagnosis
  • Dengue / virology
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Female
  • Hepatitis E / complications*
  • Hepatitis E / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis E / virology
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Travel-Related Illness*
  • Zika Virus / immunology