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, et al.
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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.1, 2 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.