Kidney Functions Evaluation in Dengue Fever Patients in Hodeidah City, Yemen

Dengue fever is mosquito born tropically disease caused by the dengue virus that lead to symptoms including high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains. Our study investigated 100 samples which consist of 50 samples from dengue fever infected people and 50 from healthy one. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the dengue fever on kidney tests (urea and creatinine) in Hodeidah city, Yemen. The samples were randomly selected by age (15-60 y). Blood samples collected from patients from different hospitals in Hodeidah city. The samples of the infected male reached 37 with percent of 74 %, while the number of infected females reached 13 with percent of 26 %. Data was collected with a special questioner including age, gender, place of living, and education. During collecting the data, we found that all a 50 infected patients have not any heart, diabetic and hypertension problems. This study included measuring the chemical variables and determined the level of creatinine and urea in serum of both dengue fever patients and healthy subjects samples to compare between the level of both tests (urea and creatnine). The current study found that there was no effect on kidney functions caused by dengue fever taken in consideration the samples took from hospitalization patients so that may the renal disorder didn't appeared and the creatinine and urea level not affected. Key words: Dengue fever, kidney function tests, dengue fever rapid test, Hodeidah city