Evidence of arbovirus co-infection in suspected febrile malaria and typhoid patients in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Baba M,
Christopher H. Logue,
Bamidele Soji Oderinde,
Hauwa Abdulmaleek,
Joshua Williams,
James Lewis,
Thomas R. Laws,
Roger Hewson,
Alessandro Marcello,
Pierlanfranco D' Agaro
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2411
Subject(s) - typhoid fever , arbovirus , malaria , dengue fever , chikungunya , virology , arbovirus infections , yellow fever , medicine , dengue virus , biology , virus , immunology
Clinical symptoms of malaria and typhoid infections are virtually indistinguishable from those initially seen in many arbovirus infections. Here we describe arbovirus co-infection detected in 310 sera samples collected from febrile, clinically suspected malaria/typhoid patients in Borno State, Nigeria.
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