Dengue fever is a common tropical infection. This acute febrile illness can be a deadly infection
in cases of severe manifestation, causing dengue hemorrhagic shock. In this brief article, …

To the Editor: We found the report ‘‘What are we doing in the dermatology outpatient
department amidst the raging of 2019-CoV?’’to be very interesting. 1 Chen et al pointed out the …

Background Reliability cannot be achieved in a clinical laboratory through the control of
accuracy in the analytical phase of the testing process alone. Indeed a "mistake" can be defined …

BACKGROUND:: Sparganosis is a zoonosis that occurs occasionally in humans. The
infection is reported in many countries but is most common in eastern Asia. In Thailand, a …

Dear Editor, COVID-19 is a new pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS CoV. This
disease already causes a big pandemic and affects more than 120 countries. This disease …

it can be expected that there are many cases of Zika virus infection circulating in an endemic
area of dengue without a proven diagnosis and in cases of a misdiagnosis of dengue.

Pox is an important infection that can cause the acute illness with dermatological manifestation.
Apart from the well-known pox infections, the emerging zoonotic pox infections become …

… Reprint requests: Viroj Wiwanitkit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 10330 (E-mail: wviroj@yahoo.com). …

We read with great interest the recent publication entitled “A Chinese case of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) did not show infectivity during the incubation period: based on an …

Dear Editor, COVID-19 vaccination is recommended as a primary prevention of COVID-19.
Data on safety and adverse effect of the new COVID-19 vaccine is very important. Of several …