Concurrent Infection With Dengue Type 4 and Plasmodium falciparum Acquired in Haiti. Issue 5 (25th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Serre, Núria; Franco, Leticia; Sulleiro, Elena; Rubio, José M.; Zarzuela, Francesc; Molero, Francisca; Tenorio, Antonio
• Is Part Of: Journal of travel medicine. Volume 22:Issue 5(2015)
• Page Start: 345
• Page End: 347
• Publication Date: 2015-07-25
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Medicine, Preventive -- Periodicals; Travel -- Periodicals; 613.6805
• DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12222
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1195-1982

Abstract

Abstract : We report one laboratory‐confirmed coinfection by dengue type 4 and Plasmodium falciparum imported to Spain from Haiti. Diagnosis was made by real‐time polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR), serology, quantitative buffy coat, and thick blood smear. In areas where both infections are present, diagnosis of both diseases should be considered because a delay in the treatment of malaria could be fatal.