Concurrent dengue and malaria in Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):668-71. doi: 10.3201/eid1504.080891.

Abstract

Dengue-malaria co-infection reports are scarce. Of 1,723 consecutive febrile patients in Cayenne Hospital, 238 had dengue (174 early dengue fever cases) and 393 had malaria (371 acute malaria); 17 had both. Diagnosis of 1 of these 2 infections should not rule out testing for the other infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / complications*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Dengue / complications*
  • Dengue / diagnosis
  • Dengue / epidemiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • French Guiana / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Malaria / complications*
  • Malaria / diagnosis
  • Malaria / epidemiology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / complications
  • Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Vivax / complications
  • Malaria, Vivax / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin M