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MALARIA AND COVID-19 COINFECTION IN A NON-MALARIA-ENDEMIC AREA IN BRAZIL
Rocha, Verônica Diniz et al. | Date Issued: 2023
Author
Rocha, Verônica Diniz
Brasil, Larissa W.
Gomes, Erika de Oliveira
Khouri, Ricardo
Ferreira, Gilcivaldo de Jesus
Vasconcelos, Beatriz
Gouveia, Marcela de Sá
Santos, Thais Souza
Reis, Mitermayer G.
Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães
Affilliation
Instituto Couto Maia. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema. Manaus, AM, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Leônidas & Maria Deane. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Amazonas. Manaus, AM, Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Instituto Couto Maia. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Universidade Federal da Bahia. Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Faculdade de Medicina. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Yale University. Yale School of Public Health. New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema. Manaus, AM, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Leônidas & Maria Deane. Manaus, AM, Brasil / Universidade do Estado do Amazonas. Manaus, AM, Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Manaus, AM, Brasil.
Abstract
Differential diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from other febrile diseases is one of several challenges imposed by the pandemic. We present a case of severe malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic region. A 44-year-old female with malaise, fever, hypotension, jaundice, and enlarged liver and spleen was admitted to the intensive care unit. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 were positive. Rapid tests, microscopy, and quantitative PCR were positive for Plasmodium vivax. Cytokine storm profiles were identified. We could not determine whether the severe vivax malaria in our patient was triggered by COVID-19 coinfection.
Keywords in Portuguese
Malária
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
 
Keywords
Malaria
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
 
DeCS
Malária
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
 
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Citation
ROCHA, Verônica Diniz et al. Malaria and COVID-19 coinfection in a non-malaria-endemic area in Brazil. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, v. 56, p.1-5, May 2023.
DOI
10.1590/0037-8682-0598-2022
ISSN
1678-9849