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Editorial
. 2020 Mar 31;77(1):52-54.
doi: 10.31053/1853.0605.v77.n1.28031.

[Coinfection between dengue and covid-19: need for approach in endemic zones]

[Article in Spanish]
Marcos Saavedra-Velasco  1 , Christian Chiara-Chilet  2 , Rafael Pichardo-Rodriguez  3 , Antonio Grandez-Urbina  4 , Fiorella Inga-Berrospi  5
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Editorial

[Coinfection between dengue and covid-19: need for approach in endemic zones]

[Article in Spanish]
Marcos Saavedra-Velasco et al. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

The impact caused by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in different parts of the world, currently reaches 745, 308 infected and 35,307 deaths according to the latest reports. In this context, in our country, an area of ​​epidemiological relevance is the Peruvian Amazon, due to the distribution of endemic diseases such as metaxemic diseases (Dengue, Malaria, among others), where the problem increases due to the COVID infection. -19 can lead to false positives in Dengue screening tests. Thus leading to a delay in the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection and further spread of the virus, since in most cases of Dengue there are no warning signs and treatment is ambulatory. This article seeks to express an opinion on the need to address cases of coinfection between Dengue and Covid-19 in endemic areas.

El impacto que ha originado la enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) en diferentes partes del mundo, alcanza en la actualidad 597, 072 personas contagiadas y 27,364 fallecidas según los últimos reportes. En ese contexto, en nuestro país, una zona de relevancia epidemiológica es la amazonia peruana, debido a la distribución de enfermedades endémicas como las enfermedades metaxénicas (Dengue, Malaria entre otras), en donde el problema se incrementa debido a que la infección por COVID-19 puede llevar a falsos positivos en las pruebas de cribado para Dengue. Conllevando de esa forma a un retraso en el diagnóstico de la infección por COVID-19 y una mayor diseminación del virus, debido a que en la mayor parte de los casos de Dengue no se presentan signos de alarma y el tratamiento es ambulatorio. Este artículo busca emitir una opinión sobre la necesidad del abordaje de casos de coinfección entre Dengue y Covid-19 en zonas endémicas.

Keywords: coronavirus; dengue; epidemic; public health.

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