Covert COVID-19 and false-positive dengue serology in Singapore

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Correspondence| Volume 20, ISSUE 5, P536, May 01, 2020

Covert COVID-19 and false-positive dengue serology in Singapore

• Gabriel Yan
• Chun Kiat Lee
• Lawrence T M Lam
• Benedict Yan
• Ying Xian Chua
• Anita Y N Lim
• Kee Fong Phang
• Guan Sen Kew
• Hazel Teng
• Chin Hong Ngai
• Li Lin
• Rui Min Foo
• Surinder Pada
• Lee Ching Ng
• Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

Published:March 04, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30158-4

Dengue and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are difficult to distinguish because they have shared clinical and laboratory features.

We describe two patients in Singapore with false-positive results from rapid serological testing for dengue, who were later confirmed to have severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, the causative virus of COVID-19....