Co-existence of Malaria and Dengue: An Incidental Observation
Introduction: Malaria and dengue are two most important arthropod borne diseases responsible for high morbidity and mortality across the globe. Both these communicable diseases have been a major threat to the public health not only in India but also in other tropical and sub-tropical regions of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Malaria and dengue are two most important
arthropod borne diseases responsible for high morbidity and
mortality across the globe. Both these communicable diseases
have been a major threat to the public health not only in India
but also in other tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.
Aim: To study the prevalence of Dengue and Malaria along with
the cases of co-infection among the patients visiting a tertiary
care hospital located in central India.
Materials and Methods: The present prospective study was
conducted for a period of two years from January 2019 to
December 2020, in the serology section of the Department
of Microbiology of a teaching tertiary care hospital. Three
to five millilitres (mL) of venous blood samples from 1519
patients were tested for both dengue (NS1 antigen, IgM and
IgG antibodies) by Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay
(ELISA) method and malaria peripheral smear and antigen by
immunochromatographic method. All demographic parameters
were simultaneously analysed. Statistical analysis was
performed with the help of Chi-square test.
Results: Out of 1519 blood samples tested, 267 (17.5%) samples
were positive for dengue and 6 (0.39%) samples were positive
for malaria. No case of co-infection was detected. Maximum
dengue cases were detected during post monsoon period while
malaria cases were detected in monsoon and post monsoon
period. Among the various dengue positive cases, 185 (69.2%)
patients were diagnosed with recent primary infection while 20
(7.49%) patients had primary infection.
Conclusion: The present study concluded that seroprevalence
of dengue was high in our geographical region with malaria
being negligible. Present study incidentally recorded the fact
that the two diseases may coexist in an individual but both the
vectors rarely share the same geographical site. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |