Short report: prevalence of patients with acute febrile illnesses and positive dengue NS1 tests in a tertiary hospital in Papua New Guinea

Title: Short report: prevalence of patients with acute febrile illnesses and positive dengue NS1 tests in a tertiary hospital in Papua New Guinea
Creator: Asigau, Viola; Lavu, Evelyn K.; McBride, William J. H.; Biloh, Eric; Naroi, Francis; Koana, Egi; Ferguson, John K.; Laman, Moses
Relation: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 92, Issue 1, p. 72-74
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0373
Publisher: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2015
Description: Because the prevalence of dengue fever in urban settings in Papua New Guinea is unknown, we investigated the presence of dengue using the NS1 antigen test in an outpatient-based prospective observational study at Port Moresby General Hospital. Of 140 patients with acute febrile illnesses, dengue fever was diagnosed in 14.9% (20 of 134; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 9.6-22.4). Malaria (2 of 137; 1.5%; 95% CI = 0.3-5.7), chikungunya (3 of 140; 2.1%; 95% CI = 0.6-6.6), and bacterial bloodstream infections (0 of 80; 0%; 95% CI = 0-5.7) were uncommon. Dengue fever should no longer be considered rare in Papua New Guinea.
Subject: dengue fever; NS1 antigen test; Papua New Guinea; hospitals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1335439
Identifier: uon:27435
Identifier: ISSN:0002-9637
Language: eng
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