Clinical characteristics of malaria in COVID-19: A systematic review of case reports.

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Tropical Parasitology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-05-19 DOI:10.4103/tp.tp_26_22

Chandana Rayella, Praveen Devanandan, Kavitha Rasuri, Sai Sudha Yerravelly, Sanjana Andem, Ranadheer Chowdary Puvvada

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Aims: Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 is a viral infection that was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in December 2019. Effects of COVID-19 infection could drastically influence other concomitant diseases like Malaria. Malaria and COVID-19 may mimic each other and share look-alike symptoms. The aim of this systematic review was to analyze the clinical and biochemical characteristics of malaria and COVID-19 synergism that was based on the published case reports. Subjects and Methods: An extensive literature search was carried out between May 2020 and February 2022 in PubMed, Google Scholar, and EMBASE. Our study was devised according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. Results: We have evaluated 16 case reports and one case series of coinfection of malaria with COVID-19. It has been observed that all the patients showed lymphopenia, fever, headache (52%), vomiting (47%), cough (38%), chills (38%), body ache (38%), myalgia (28%), and sweating (14%). Despite unprecedented times, whenever there is a suspicion, we recommend that medical practitioners should be alert to presenting plethora features of COVID-19 and confirm with polymerase chain reaction test. Conclusion: We conclude that screening for COVID-19 should also be performed to mitigate missed diagnoses due to the long incubation period of novel coronavirus. Especially in vulnerable population, we should suspect other concurrent diseases and diagnoses in patients presenting with the symptoms of COVID-19 infection.

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新冠肺炎疟疾的临床特征：病例报告的系统回顾。

目的：严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2型是2019年12月在中国湖北省武汉市首次发现的一种病毒感染。新冠肺炎感染的影响可能会严重影响疟疾等其他伴随疾病。疟疾和新冠肺炎可能相互模仿，并有相似的症状。本系统综述的目的是根据已发表的病例报告，分析疟疾和新冠肺炎协同作用的临床和生化特征。主题和方法：2020年5月至2022年2月，在PubMed、Google Scholar和EMBASE进行了广泛的文献检索。我们的研究是根据系统评价的首选报告项目和荟萃分析声明设计的。结果：我们评估了16例疟疾合并新冠肺炎病例报告和1个病例系列。据观察，所有患者都表现出淋巴细胞减少、发烧、头痛（52%）、呕吐（47%）、咳嗽（38%）、发冷（38%），身体疼痛（38%）和肌痛（28%），以及出汗（14%）。尽管出现了前所未有的情况，但每当出现怀疑时，我们建议医生应警惕新冠肺炎的过多特征，并通过聚合酶链式反应检测进行确认。结论：由于新型冠状病毒潜伏期长，也应进行新冠肺炎筛查，以减轻漏诊。特别是在弱势人群中，我们应该怀疑出现新冠肺炎感染症状的患者的其他并发疾病和诊断。

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Tropical Parasitology Medicine-Infectious Diseases

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期刊介绍： Tropical Parasitology, a publication of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology, is a peer-reviewed online journal with Semiannual print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at www.tropicalparasitology.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of parasitology. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.