Formerly Ibrahim Medical College Journal
Affiliations: Department of Nephrology, BIRDEM Geneal Hospital and Ibrahim Medical College, 122, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Affiliations: Department of Cardiology, NICVD, Sher-e-Banglanagar, Dhaka
Affiliations: Department of Internal Medicine, BIRDEM Geneal Hospital and Ibrahim Medical College, 122, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/imcjms.v12i1.35178
Address for Correspondence: Dr. Muhammad Abdur Rahim, Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital and IMC, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. Email: muradrahim23@yahoo.com
