A Case of Intercurrent Dengue and Probable Relapsing Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Returned Traveler to India: Case Report and Literature Review
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Case Presentation
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Publication/ Year/ Country/PMID | No. of Concurrent P. vivax and Dengue Cases | Clinical Information | Diagnosis | Outcome | Comments |
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Our case Canada | 1 | Fever, chills, myalgia and frontal headache | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear and RDT Dengue: EIA | Survived without complications | VFR India |
Kariyawasam et al., 2019 Canada PMID 31051263 [6] | 1 | Fever, chills, sweats, headache and epigastric discomfort | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear and RDT Dengue: EIA and PCR | Survived without complications | VFR India |
Tazeen et al., 2017 India PMID 28910810 [9] | 1 | Fever | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear Dengue: PCR | Survived without complications | 3-year-old child with triple infection: P. vivax, dengue and chikungunya |
Rao et al., 2016 India PMID 26653975 [4] | 10 | Fever | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear and RDT Dengue: EIA (IgM), NS1 antigen, RDT and PCR | Survived without complications | Retrospective study January–December 2013 |
Magalhaes et al., 2014 Brazil PMID 25340346 [11] | 40 | Fever in the past 10 days | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear and PCR Dengue: EIA (IgM, NS1 antigen) and PCR | Most had hepatic injury as complications but recovered | Cross sectional 2009–2011 (in 2012 from 11 patients) [2] |
Mushtaq et al., 2013 India PMID 23606854 [12] | 1 | Fever, chills, myalgia and headache | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear and RDT Dengue: EIA | Survived without complications | P. vivax/P. falciparum/Dengue co-infection |
Mohapatra et al., 2012 India PMID 23428528 [1] | 3 | Fever <7 days | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear Dengue: IgM and NS1 antigen by RDT | Survived without complications | Prospective observational study (June–September 2011); one case had mixed P. vivax and P. falciparum |
Epelboin et al., 2012 French Guiana PMID 22549018 [3] | 73 | Fever | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear Dengue: IgM and IgA EIA, NS1 antigen by RDT and PCR | Survived without complications | Retrospective study 2004–2007 |
Santana et al., 2010 Brazil PMID 21085859 [10] | 2 | Fever | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear Dengue: PCR | Survived without complications | From patients with fever living in four cities, 111 clinical samples tested for arbovirus |
Abbasi et al., 2009 Pakistan PMID 19149976 [7] | 25 | Fever in the past 10 days | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear Dengue: EIA | Survived without complications | September 2007–January 2008 from Karachi |
Kaushik et al., 2007 India PMID 17568646 [5] | 1 | Recurrence of fever following conventional antimalarial treatment and symptomatic dengue treatment; P. vivax was overlooked | Rechecked the blood smear for P. vivax | Survived without complications | P. vivax/P. falciparum/Dengue co-infection |
Thangaratham et al., 2006 India PMID 16785712 [8] | 1 | Fever, chills, rigor, cough and hematuria | Malaria: Peripheral blood smear Dengue: EIA IgM, IgG | Survived without complications | First case report |
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Kavanoor Sridhar, K.; Buskandar, F.; Dhaliwal, M.; Calloo, G.V.; Boggild, A.K. A Case of Intercurrent Dengue and Probable Relapsing Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Returned Traveler to India: Case Report and Literature Review. Pathogens 2025, 14, 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14100987
Kavanoor Sridhar K, Buskandar F, Dhaliwal M, Calloo GV, Boggild AK. A Case of Intercurrent Dengue and Probable Relapsing Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Returned Traveler to India: Case Report and Literature Review. Pathogens. 2025; 14(10):987. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14100987
Chicago/Turabian StyleKavanoor Sridhar, Kumudhavalli, Fahad Buskandar, Manreet Dhaliwal, Gordane V. Calloo, and Andrea K. Boggild. 2025. "A Case of Intercurrent Dengue and Probable Relapsing Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Returned Traveler to India: Case Report and Literature Review" Pathogens 14, no. 10: 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14100987
APA StyleKavanoor Sridhar, K., Buskandar, F., Dhaliwal, M., Calloo, G. V., & Boggild, A. K. (2025). A Case of Intercurrent Dengue and Probable Relapsing Plasmodium vivax Malaria in a Returned Traveler to India: Case Report and Literature Review. Pathogens, 14(10), 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14100987