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Communication

Malaria in the Time of COVID-19: Do Not Miss the Real Cause of Illness

by
Johannes Jochum
1,*,
Benno Kreuels
1,
Egbert Tannich
2,
Samuel Huber
3,
Julian Schulze zur Wiesch
3,
Stefan Schmiedel
3,
Michael Ramharter
1 and
Marylyn M. Addo
3
1
Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20359 Hamburg, Germany
2
National Reference Centre for Tropical Pathogens, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, 20359 Hamburg, Germany
3
I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2021, 6(2), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020040
Submission received: 8 March 2021 / Revised: 18 March 2021 / Accepted: 22 March 2021 / Published: 26 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue COVID-19: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives)
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We report a case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a patient asymptomatically co-infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the current ongoing coronavirus pandemic, co-infections with unrelated life-threatening febrile conditions may pose a particular challenge to clinicians. The current situation increases the risk for cognitive biases in medical management.
Keywords: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; plasmodium falciparum; differential diagnosis; cognitive bias; diagnostic reasoning severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; plasmodium falciparum; differential diagnosis; cognitive bias; diagnostic reasoning

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Jochum, J.; Kreuels, B.; Tannich, E.; Huber, S.; Schulze zur Wiesch, J.; Schmiedel, S.; Ramharter, M.; Addo, M.M. Malaria in the Time of COVID-19: Do Not Miss the Real Cause of Illness. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2021, 6, 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020040

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Jochum J, Kreuels B, Tannich E, Huber S, Schulze zur Wiesch J, Schmiedel S, Ramharter M, Addo MM. Malaria in the Time of COVID-19: Do Not Miss the Real Cause of Illness. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2021; 6(2):40. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020040

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Jochum, Johannes, Benno Kreuels, Egbert Tannich, Samuel Huber, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Stefan Schmiedel, Michael Ramharter, and Marylyn M. Addo. 2021. "Malaria in the Time of COVID-19: Do Not Miss the Real Cause of Illness" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 6, no. 2: 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020040

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Jochum, J., Kreuels, B., Tannich, E., Huber, S., Schulze zur Wiesch, J., Schmiedel, S., Ramharter, M., & Addo, M. M. (2021). Malaria in the Time of COVID-19: Do Not Miss the Real Cause of Illness. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6(2), 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020040

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