Unusual co-infection of severe malaria by Plasmodium vivax and dengue virus in Mexico
https://doi.org/10.47665/tb.39.4.014
- Author:
Queb-Pech, N.M.
1
;
Núñez-Oreza, L.A.
2
;
Estrada-Méndez, A.
1
;
Tamay-Segovia, P.
3
;
Collí-Heredia, J.P.
1
;
Blum-Domínguez, S.C.
4
Author Information
1. Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Especialidades Dr. Javier Buenfil Osorio, 24097 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
2. Laboratorio de Microbiologia y Biologia Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, 24039 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
3. Laboratorio de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores y Zoonosis, Centro de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, 24039 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
4. Laboratorio de Enfermedades Tropicales, Centro de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, C.P. 24039 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Co-infection;
Dengue;
Malaria
- From:Tropical Biomedicine
2022;39(No.4):575-578
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Malaria and dengue fever are among the most common mosquito-borne diseases worldwide; however,
reports of coinfection are rare. We present a case of severe malaria and dengue coinfection in a 16-yearold female patient presenting with fever, thrombocytopenia, pleural effusion, myopericarditis, and acute
respiratory distress syndrome. Dengue infection was confirmed by the presence of immunoglobin M
antibodies and nonstructural protein 1, while malaria was confirmed by the presence of Plasmodium
vivax in thick and thin blood smears. This is the first report of a dengue/malaria coinfection in Mexico.
- Full text:8.2022my1379.pdf
