Prevalence of and risk factors for severe malaria caused by Plasmodium and dengue virus co-infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ConclusionsThe present study found that there was a high prevalence of severe malaria among patients withPlasmodium and DENV co-infection. Physicians in endemic areas where these two diseases overlap should recognize that patients with this co-infection can develop either severe malaria or severe dengue with bleeding complications, but a greater risk of developing severe dengue than severe malaria was noted in patients with this co-infection.Trial registrationThe protocol of this study was registered at PROSPERO:CRD42020196792.
Source: Infectious Diseases of Poverty - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research