Affiliations 

  • 1 Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Especialidades "Dr. Javier Buenfil Osorio", 24097 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, México
  • 2 Laboratorio de Microbiología y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, 24039 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, México
  • 3 Laboratorio de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores y Zoonosis, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, 24039 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, México
  • 4 Laboratorio de Enfermedades Tropicales, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, C.P. 24039 San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, México
Trop Biomed, 2022 Dec 01;39(4):575-578.
PMID: 36602218 DOI: 10.47665/tb.39.4.014

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.

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