Correspondence Covert COVID19 and falsepositive dengue serology in Singapore

[Correspondence] Covert COVID-19 and false-positive dengue serology in Singapore

21:05 EST 4 Mar 2020 | The Lancet

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.

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