Potential Antigenic Cross-reactivity Between Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Dengue Viruses

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 73; no. 7; pp. e2444 - e2449
• Main Authors: Lustig, Yaniv, Keler, Shlomit, Kolodny, Rachel, Ben-Tal, Nir, Atias-Varon, Danit, Shlush, Ekaterina, Gerlic, Motti, Munitz, Ariel, Doolman, Ram, Asraf, Keren, Shlush, Liran I, Vivante, Asaf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 05.10.2021

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and dengue fever are difficult to distinguish given shared clinical and laboratory features. Failing to consider COVID-19 due to false-positive dengue serology can have serious implications. We aimed to assess this possible cross-reactivity.BACKGROUNDCoronavirus d...