Abstract

Dengue fever and hepatitis E virus infection are both a public health problem in developing countries due to poor sanitation. Infection with viral hepatitis and dengue fever can present with similar clinical such and fever, headache and abortion. This study was conducted in Port-Sudan city in the eastern part of the country. ELISA and Real Time PCR tests were used to detect the infection. A total number of 39 pregnant women with a mean age 26 ±7.8 were included in the study. All of them had fever, 32 (92.3%) admitted with headache, 11 (28.2%) of them had vomiting, and abortion was reported in two cases (5.1%). The study showed that 4 (10.3%) of pregnant women were positive for the Hepatitis E virus, 5 (12.8%) positive for Dengue virus IgG, and only one sample (2.6%) was positive for IgM capture ELISA and real time PCR. Death due to hepatitis E infection was reported in one case with 7th month of pregnancy. Most of hepatitis cases were reported in the central sector of the Portsudan city. The diagnosis of hepatitis E virus and dengue virus in an endemic area is a great challenge for health care staff working in these areas. Both Dengue virus and Hepatitis E virus infection should be considered in pregnant women especially in similar settings.

Highlights

  • Dengue fever and hepatitis E virus infection are both a public health problem in developing countries due to poor sanitation

  • In study conducted by Hyams and. al. 1986 involved febrile cases in Portsudan, he reported a dengue virus infection in 20% of the samples collected during his study [5]

  • A total number of 39 pregnant women with a mean age 26 ±7.8 were included in the study

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Introduction

Dengue fever and hepatitis E virus infection are both a public health problem in developing countries due to poor sanitation. Dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever become a public health problem in the eastern part of the country and mainly portsudan city. This disease has a long history in this area and first outbreak was reported by Balfour and Archibald in 1908 [4]. 1986 involved febrile cases in Portsudan, he reported a dengue virus infection in 20% of the samples collected during his study [5]. In Darfur, Sudan, acute hepatitis E virus infection was confirmed in 95% of the suspected cases with hepatitis in 2004 [7]

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