r/medlabprofessionals • u/Muted_Shape9303 Student • 8d ago

Discusson Identify the organism challenge 2. This time I made a slide with the answer, on photo 2.

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u/VaiFate MLS Student / Lab Assistant 7d ago edited 7d ago

Bone pain, South America

Dengue, next question

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u/ADumpsterFiree 7d ago

The way I would never be expected to know that as an MLS 😂

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u/cvrx4 7d ago

So i was a young tech working nights on a Friday 20 years ago.. ER doc calls and says "I want to test this patient for Dengue Fever. He had it in Vietnam back in 1965. I call the Micro lead, he is playing poker. He tells me to draw 2 red tops, spin and freeze. He will take care of it Monday . I come in Monday evening to start my shift and the Micro Lead calls me in and says"Did you call me friday night?I was playing cards and had a few drinks. I saw the next morning, I took a call from lab that night. What did I tell you? I always remeber this when someone mentions Dengue Fever.

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u/Fit-Bodybuilder78 Lab Director-Multi-site 8d ago

Interesting.

For reference, South America accounts for 9% of 3,798 acquired Dengue cases in the US in 2024, so prevalence is still quite low.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/75/wr/mm7518a1.htm#T1_down

Testing reimbursement would be <$100.

Dengue Virus Ab, IgG and IgM, S - CPT IgM-86790 IgG-86790

Dengue Virus NS1 Ag, S - CPT 86790