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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 21;12(10):1201.
doi: 10.3390/v12101201.

Six Cases of Zika/Dengue Coinfection in a Brazilian Cohort, 2015-2019

Claudio Siqueira  1 , Valéria Féres  2 , Livia Coutinho  2 , Isabela Junqueira  2 , Luziane Bento  1 , Larissa Montes  1 , João Bosco Siqueira Jr  1
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Case Reports

Six Cases of Zika/Dengue Coinfection in a Brazilian Cohort, 2015-2019

Claudio Siqueira et al. Viruses. .

Abstract

Brazil is one of the countries which has been most affected by dengue epidemics. This scenario became more challenging with the emergence of Zika virus after 2014. The cocirculation of dengue and Zika viruses makes their diagnosis and treatment a challenge for health professionals, especially due to their similar clinical outcomes. From 2015 to 2019, we followed a cohort of 2017 participants in Goiania, Goias, Central Brazil. Febrile cases were monitored weekly, and after identification of fever, the physician performed a home visit for clinical evaluation and collection of blood/urine for diagnosis of acute dengue/Zika infection in suspected cases. Dengue acute infection was investigated by NS1 antigen and real time RT-PCR and seroconversion of anti-dengue IgM. ZIKV infection was confirmed by real time RT-PCR. Six cases of Zika/dengue coinfection among participants were reported. The clinical outcomes were suggestive for both DENV and ZIKV infection. No coinfected patient had neurological clinical manifestation, warning signs or need for hospitalization. A continuous specific laboratory confirmation for both dengue and Zika viruses should be enforced as part of the surveillance systems even in the presence of very suggestive cases of dengue fever, minimizing the risk of a late detection of ZIKV circulation.

Keywords: Zika virus; arboviruses; coinfection; dengue virus; diagnosis; signs and symptoms.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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