Malaria and dengue in Hodeidah city, Yemen: High proportion of febrile outpatients with dengue or malaria, but low proportion co-infected.
<h4>Background</h4>The emergence of dengue in malaria-endemic countries with limited diagnostic resources, such as Yemen, can be problematic because presumptive treatment of febrile cases as being malaria is a common practice. Co-infections with dengue and malaria are often overlooked an...
Main Authors: | Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Mohammed A K Mahdy, Sameer Alkubati, Abdullah A Al-Mikhlafy, Abdullah Alhariri, Mrinalini Das, Kapilkumar Dave, Julita Gil-Cuesta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253556 |
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