“THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LIVER FUNCTION TESTS AND DENGUE VIRUS SEROPREVALENCE AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KANPUR”

Abstract

Introduction: Overview The most significant arthopod-borne disease, dengue virus (DENV), is spread to humans by Aedes family mosquitoes. Since 1967, dengue infections have been linked to hepatic damage. Hepatic dysfunction can range from modest injury with elevated transmission to severe hepatocyte injury, which can lead to hepatotoxicity and jaundice, as well as a weakened host immunological response to the virus. AIM:To Study the dengue virus's seroprevalence and its co-relationship to liver function tests in a tertiary care hospital in Kanpur material method ;A Total of 70 patients registered from 1stmarch 2024 to 28february 2025s with the fever of dengue like symptoms where serologically tested for dengue fever using rapid immune-chromatography test (ICT) to detect dengue NS1 antigen, IgM and IgG antibodies were studied.