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SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum Co-Infection in a Returning Traveler

Since December 2019, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a non-neglectable context for the whole healthcare system. Under the background of COVID-19, the detection and diagnosis of malaria cases are under challenge. Here, we reported a COVID-19 and malaria co-infection travel...

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Autores principales: Huang, Qian, Xu, Wen-Jie, Wang, Xiao-Xiao, Zhang, Xuan, Pan, Ke-Nu, Zhang, Jia-Qi, Chen, Hua-Liang, Ruan, Wei, Yao, Li-Nong
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9389161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35991037
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.871374
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author Huang, Qian
Xu, Wen-Jie
Wang, Xiao-Xiao
Zhang, Xuan
Pan, Ke-Nu
Zhang, Jia-Qi
Chen, Hua-Liang
Ruan, Wei
Yao, Li-Nong
author_facet Huang, Qian
Xu, Wen-Jie
Wang, Xiao-Xiao
Zhang, Xuan
Pan, Ke-Nu
Zhang, Jia-Qi
Chen, Hua-Liang
Ruan, Wei
Yao, Li-Nong
author_sort Huang, Qian
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description Since December 2019, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a non-neglectable context for the whole healthcare system. Under the background of COVID-19, the detection and diagnosis of malaria cases are under challenge. Here, we reported a COVID-19 and malaria co-infection traveler who has a long living history in Cameroon. The case was administered with dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine tablets for malaria, Lopinavir and Ritonavir tablets, Arbidol, recombinant human interferon α-2b and Compound Maxing Yifei mixture for COVID-19, and Zolpidem Tartrate tablets, Diazepam, Paroxetine Hydrochloride tablets, Thymosin α1, and Lianhua Qinwen Jiaonang during the second hospitalization of the patient since the patient has a certain level of anxiety and insomnia with no evidence of inflammatory reactions. After being tested negative two times for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 48 h, the patient met China's COVID-19 discharge standards and was discharged with stable vital signs and mental state. Since most countries in the sub-Saharan region have a fragile health system, co-infection for both Plasmodium and SARS-CoV-2 may not be uncommon, and raise a challenge in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for both diseases. We add to the literature on co-infection of P. falciparum malaria and COVID-19 and offer operational advice on diagnosis, prevention, and treatment for the co-infection.
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spelling pubmed-93891612022-08-20 SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum Co-Infection in a Returning Traveler Huang, Qian Xu, Wen-Jie Wang, Xiao-Xiao Zhang, Xuan Pan, Ke-Nu Zhang, Jia-Qi Chen, Hua-Liang Ruan, Wei Yao, Li-Nong Front Public Health Public Health Since December 2019, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a non-neglectable context for the whole healthcare system. Under the background of COVID-19, the detection and diagnosis of malaria cases are under challenge. Here, we reported a COVID-19 and malaria co-infection traveler who has a long living history in Cameroon. The case was administered with dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine tablets for malaria, Lopinavir and Ritonavir tablets, Arbidol, recombinant human interferon α-2b and Compound Maxing Yifei mixture for COVID-19, and Zolpidem Tartrate tablets, Diazepam, Paroxetine Hydrochloride tablets, Thymosin α1, and Lianhua Qinwen Jiaonang during the second hospitalization of the patient since the patient has a certain level of anxiety and insomnia with no evidence of inflammatory reactions. After being tested negative two times for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 48 h, the patient met China's COVID-19 discharge standards and was discharged with stable vital signs and mental state. Since most countries in the sub-Saharan region have a fragile health system, co-infection for both Plasmodium and SARS-CoV-2 may not be uncommon, and raise a challenge in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for both diseases. We add to the literature on co-infection of P. falciparum malaria and COVID-19 and offer operational advice on diagnosis, prevention, and treatment for the co-infection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9389161/ /pubmed/35991037 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.871374 Text en Copyright © 2022 Huang, Xu, Wang, Zhang, Pan, Zhang, Chen, Ruan and Yao. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Huang, Qian
Xu, Wen-Jie
Wang, Xiao-Xiao
Zhang, Xuan
Pan, Ke-Nu
Zhang, Jia-Qi
Chen, Hua-Liang
Ruan, Wei
Yao, Li-Nong
SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum Co-Infection in a Returning Traveler
title SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum Co-Infection in a Returning Traveler
title_full SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum Co-Infection in a Returning Traveler
title_fullStr SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum Co-Infection in a Returning Traveler
title_full_unstemmed SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum Co-Infection in a Returning Traveler
title_short SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum Co-Infection in a Returning Traveler
title_sort sars-cov-2 and plasmodium falciparum co-infection in a returning traveler
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9389161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35991037
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.871374
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