Presentation of fatal stroke due to SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus coinfection

J Med Virol. 2021 Mar;93(3):1770-1775. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26476. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

Abstract

Herein, we report a case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and dengue coinfection, presented as a fatal stroke in our hospital, in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, a Brazilian city hyperendemic for dengue viruses and other arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) and currently facing a surge of SARS-CoV-2 cases. This case is the first described in the literature and contributes to the better understanding of clinical presentations of two important diseases in a tropical setting.

Keywords: COVID-19; arbovirosis; coinfection; dengue; stroke.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arboviruses / pathogenicity
  • Brazil
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Coinfection / complications*
  • Coinfection / virology
  • Dengue / complications*
  • Dengue / virology
  • Dengue Virus / pathogenicity*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity*
  • Stroke / etiology*
  • Stroke / virology*