Fatal outcome of coinfection of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and malaria.

Fatal outcome of coinfection of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and malaria.
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2015;68(2):131-4
Authors: Christova I, Petrov A, Papa A, Vutchev D, Kalvatchev N, Vatev N, Stoycheva M
Abstract
Here, we report a case of a Bulgarian patient with imported falciparum malaria that manifested 6 days after his arrival in Bulgaria, which was complicated by bloody diarrhea 2 days later. Blood smear revealed high parasitemia, with annular forms and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum. In addition, RNA of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus was detected in the blood sample by real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and nested RT-PCR. The obtained sequence was found to be clustered within the Europe 1 lineage close to the other Bulgarian strains. Notably, the two infectious diseases may appear with many similar symptoms that are difficult to distinguish.
PMID: 25420643 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - December 18, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christova I, Petrov A, Papa A, Vutchev D, Kalvatchev N, Vatev N, Stoycheva M Tags: Jpn J Infect Dis Source Type: research