Concurrent dengue and malaria in Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana.

Bernard Carme (1) , Severine Matheus (2) , Gerd Donutil (1) , Olivia Raulin (1) , Mathieu Nacher (1) , Jacques Morvan (2)

1 Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie-Mycologie
2 Institut Pasteur de la Guyane

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.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Bernard Carme, Severine Matheus, Gerd Donutil, Olivia Raulin, Mathieu Nacher, et al.. Concurrent dengue and malaria in Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009, 15 (4), pp.668-671. ⟨10.3201/eid1504.080891⟩. ⟨pasteur-00583875⟩