title: Concurrent Infection With Dengue Type 4 and Plasmodium falciparum Acquired in Haiti.
abstract: We report one laboratory-confirmed coinfection by dengue type 4 and Plasmodium falciparum imported to Spain from Haiti. Diagnosis was made by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), serology, quantitative buffy coat, and thick blood smear. In areas where both infections are present, diagnosis of both diseases should be considered because a delay in the treatment of malaria could be fatal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and International Health Unit Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Serre
authors.affiliation: Department of Arbovirus and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Leticia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sulleiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Arbovirus and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zarzuela
authors.affiliation: Department of Arbovirus and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Molero
authors.affiliation: Department of Arbovirus and Imported Viral Diseases, National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tenorio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060085:Coinfection; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*