Year: 2025 | Month: June | Volume: 12 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 493-498
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20250656
Distinguishing Dengue Fever from Other Feverish Illnesses
Omkareshwar Patil1, Jesna Thomas2
1,2Department of Pathology, Father Muller College of Allied Health Sciences, Mangaluru, India.
Corresponding Author: Omkareshwar Patil
ABSTRACT
Background: Dengue fever is an acute febrile illness, one of the most prevalent viral diseases spread by mosquitoes. Given its similar symptoms, it is challenging to distinguish dengue fever from other febrile infections like malaria, leptospirosis, and typhoid fever. Comparing hematological parameters between patients with dengue and other febrile illnesses can help understand the role of these parameters in distinguishing between the two groups of patients at an early stage, before the availability of more specific tests.
Objectives: The goal is to compare hematological variables to see if they can predict dengue viral infection in patients with febrile illnesses.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional, retrospective, observational study that spans a year. There were 82 patients in total; 41 had positive dengue rapid test results (NS1, IgG, and IgM), and 41 had negative results. These 82 patient’s laboratory and demographic data were gathered, and they were then statistically analyzed.
Result: Despite the dengue patients' platelet, PLR, PLT-RBC ratio, absolute lymphocyte count, and absolute monocyte count being significantly higher compared to those of the non-dengue group, their WBC count was significantly lower. In a multiple logistic regression analysis, dengue was found to be positively predicted by PLR (>120).
Conclusion: The findings imply that basic hematological parameters can be useful in identifying dengue from other feverish infections
Keywords: Dengue Fever, Febrile Illnesses, Hematological Variables, Platelet Count, Viral infection, Dengue rapid test.
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