COVID-19 and Plasmodium ovale Malaria: A Rare Case of Co-Infection
Bilge Caglar1, Ridvan Karaali1, Ilker Inanc Balkan1
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
|September 1, 2021
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a major health problem worldwide. Timely diagnosis of co-infections mimicking COVID-19, such as malaria, might be challenging particularly in non-endemic areas. We report the first case of COVID-19 and Plasmodium ovale malaria co-infection from our region aiming to highligt the importance of travel history and prophylaxis in malaria management in the context of pandemic. The galloping sound can sometimes be a harbinger of zebra besides the horse.
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