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. 2020:80 Suppl 6:94-96.

[Dengue and SARS-CoV-2 coinfection in an HIV positive patient]

[Article in Spanish]
Carolina P Salvo  1 , Natalia Di Lella  2 , Florencia Solveyra López  2 , Jorge Hugo  2 , Julieta Gigena Zito  2 , Andrés Vilela  2
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[Dengue and SARS-CoV-2 coinfection in an HIV positive patient]

[Article in Spanish]
Carolina P Salvo et al. Medicina (B Aires). 2020.
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Abstract
in English, Spanish

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease confined to the geographical areas where its vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are present. The transmission occurs mainly during the summer but it can extend to autumn months in warm climates. In our country, this year the seasonal transmission o f dengue overlapped with the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus responsible of serious respiratory conditions with eventual fatal outcomes. On the other hand, the HIV is a retrovirus that causes disease by weakening the immune system, favoring infections by numerous opportunistic pathogens. We present the case of an untreated HIV patient who developed simultaneous infection with dengue and SARS-CoV-2 with favorable evolution.

El dengue es una arbovirosis confinada a las áreas geográficas donde habitan sus vectores, los mosquitos Aedes aegypti y Aedes albopictus. La transmisión ocurre principalmente durante el verano, pero la persistencia del insecto en el ambiente puede extenderla hasta el otoño en climas templados y cálidos. En nuestro país, este año la trasmisión estacional del dengue se superpuso temporalmente con la pandemia de COVID-19, producida por el SARS-CoV-2, un coronavirus causante de afecciones respiratorias graves con eventual desenlace fatal. Por otro lado, el HIV es un retrovirus que debilita el sistema inmune favoreciendo las infecciones por numerosos patógenos oportunistas. Presentamos el caso de un paciente con infección HIV sin tratamiento que desarrolló infección simultánea por dengue y SARS-CoV-2 con evolución favorable.

Keywords: COVID‐19; HIV; coinfection; dengue; human immunodeficiency virus.

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