Volume 10, Number 4—April 2004
Dispatch
Dengue Fever Outbreak in a Recreation Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Yukiko Wagatsuma*, Robert F. Breiman*
, Anowar Hossain*, and Mahbubur Rahman*
, Anowar Hossain*, and Mahbubur Rahman*Table 1
Characteristics of 13 dengue fever patients a,b,c
| Case no. | Age | Sex | Mac ELISA (peak outbreak period; Oct 21, 2001)a | PCR (Oct 17, 2001; with fever within the past 5 days) | Mac ELISA (Nov 21–26, 2001) | Onset of illness | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
26 |
Male |
Primary |
- |
Primary |
01/10/01 |
Assistant security |
| 2 |
35 |
Male |
Secondary |
- |
Secondary |
10/10/01 |
Security guard |
| 3 |
40 |
Male |
Primary |
Negative |
Negative |
11/10/01 |
Security guard |
| 4 |
26 |
Male |
Secondary |
- |
Secondary |
11/10/01 |
Gardener |
| 5 |
24 |
Male |
Primary |
Negative |
Negative |
12/10/01 |
Receptionist |
| 6 |
22 |
Male |
Secondary |
Negative |
Secondary |
13/10/01 |
Tennis ball boy |
| 7 |
27 |
Male |
Negative |
Negative |
Secondary |
14/10/01 |
Waiter |
| 8 |
33 |
Male |
Primary |
- |
Primary |
14/10/01 |
Cook |
| 9 |
30 |
Male |
Primary |
- |
Negative |
15/10/01 |
Baker |
| 10 |
38 |
Male |
- |
- |
Secondary |
15/10/01 |
Laundry staff |
| 11 |
38 |
Female |
Secondary |
- |
Secondary |
16/10/01 |
Laundry staff |
| 12 |
38 |
Male |
Negative |
Den-3 |
Primary |
17/10/01 |
Confectioner |
| 13 | 34 | Male | - | - | Primary | 19/10/01 | Gardener |
aFever duration > 3 days and serologically confirmed. Those who reported in the table were only for those continuously worked from October 17 to November 2001 (4 employees were no longer working at the club and not available on Nov 21–26, 2001; their Mac ELISA results on October 17 included one specimen positive for primary infection and the others negative).
bSerologic survey on Nov 21–26 indicated two more employees, not included in this table, who had dengue antibodies (one primary and one secondary pattern). They did not have symptoms; thus, they were not included as case-employees.
cELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
