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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

Coinfection of COVID-19 and Dengue: A Case Report.

Chowdhury Nusaiba Binte Sayed Prapty, Nafisa Ahmed, Yusha Araf, Zhijun Yang, Jingbo Zhai, Mohammad Jakir Hosen, Chunfu Zheng

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Oral manifestations during dengue infection: a systematic review.Acta odontologica latinoamericana : AOL · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Chowdhury Nusaiba Binte Sayed PraptyDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Nafisa AhmedDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Yusha ArafDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Zhijun YangShanghai Omics Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Jingbo ZhaiMedical College, Inner Mongolia Minzu University, Tongliao, China.
Mohammad Jakir HosenDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Chunfu ZhengDepartment of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology · BDBRAC University · BDFujian Medical University · CNShanghai CASB Biotechnology (China) · CNUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the COVID-19 pandemic takes the world by storm, dengue-endemic regions risk developing a co-epidemic in COVID-19/dengue coinfection. With both infections as causes of high morbidity rates, the potentially fatal outcomes of coinfection are even greater, and several cases are emerging, severe and moderate, showing how common it may become in certain regions. The case reported here shows a 38-year-old male patient with high-grade fever, with complaints of nausea, joint, and muscle aches, all characteristic symptoms of COVID-19 and dengue. Initially suspected of being infected with COVID-19 only, the RT-PCR test of the nasopharyngeal swab confirmed COVID-19 infection, while the positive reactivity to IgG and IgM in the Dengue Duo test revealed a dengue coinfection. Except for the persistent high fever, the Patient's symptoms were not severe, although the tests confirmed the infections to be "moderate to severe" and showed steady and rapid recovery. The tests showed some interesting results, which provided additional research opportunities. Overall, this case report illustrates the existence of coinfections in the Philippines, demonstrating the difficulty in distinguishing the two infections and the need for proper diagnosis, prevention, and management measures.

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