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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
versión impresa ISSN 1814-5469versión On-line ISSN 2308-0531
Resumen
PAJUELO-REYES, Cecilia et al. Malaria and COVID-19 in native communities of Amazonas, Peru. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.3, pp.533-539. Epub 09-Jul-2022. ISSN 1814-5469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v22i3.5044.
Introduction:
In recent years, the number of malaria cases in native communities from Condorcanqui, Amazonas has considerably increased. Plasmodium vivax malaria is endemic in the region and the re-introduction of P. falciparum was reported in 2019.
Objetive:
Here, we compiled and analyzed malaria and COVID-19 data reported by the Regional Direction of Health (DIRESA) during the 2020.
Methodos:
Additionally, we performed an odds ratio analysis to evaluate significant associations between COVID-19 symptoms and previous malaria infections. In 2020, 1547 malaria (97% were P. vivax) and 5968 COVID-19 cases were reported. Furthermore, 96 patients got COVID-19 after getting a malaria infection.
Results:
From these, 87 were symptomatic (90.6%), and mostly adults, ages 30 to 59 (62.3%). Also, we found that malaria previous infections represent a risk for the presence of symptoms such as fever, cough, throat pain, and respiratory difficulty. Nevertheless, there was no significant association between these cases and hospitalization or death.
Conclusions:
Our analysis suggests that previous malaria infections might affect COVID-19 symptomatology, which highlights the importance of a continuing control and surveillance malaria program to avoid potential syndemics with COVID-19.
Palabras clave : Malaria; COVID-19; Tropical disease; Syndemic (Source: MeSH NLM)..