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Sep 6, 2020 · Early symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection such as myalgia, fever, and fatigue could be confused with symptoms of malaria, leading to problems in early clinical diagnosis, especially where malaria is endemic.
Aug 23, 2022 · Malaria and COVID-19 can have similar clinical presentations such as but are not limited to fever, backache, fatigue, shortness of breath, diarrhea, headache, stomach cramp, muscle pain, etc. . Additionally, several other common presentations at the clinical, pathological, and immunedeterminants levels have been illustrated.
- 10.3389/fimmu.2022.957913
- 2022
- Front Immunol. 2022; 13: 957913.
Apr 27, 2020 · Malaria shares some of the highly recognisable symptoms with COVID-19 such as: fever, difficulty in breathing, fatigue and headaches of acute onset. Thus, a malaria case may be misclassified as COVID-19 if symptoms alone are used to define a case during this emergency period and vice versa.
- Pascalina Chanda-Kapata, Nathan Kapata, Alimuddin Zumla
- 2020
Dec 23, 2020 · While malaria and COVID-19 can have similar presentation, common symptoms they share include but not limited to: fever, breathing difficulties, tiredness and acute onset headache, which may lead to misdiagnosis of malaria for COVID-19 and vice versa, particularly when clinician relies mainly on symptoms.
- Mogahed Ismail Hassan Hussein, Ahmed Abdalazim Dafallah Albashir, Omer Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Anm...
- 2020
Feb 14, 2020 · Previous malaria exposure or pre-existing infection with malaria could therefore plausibly lead to changes in susceptibility and severity of COVID-19. 17. However, despite these observations, the effects of malaria and SARS-CoV-2 co-infection on host susceptibility and pathogenesis remain unclear.
- Jane Achan, Asadu Serwanga, Humphrey Wanzira, Tonny Kyagulanyi, Anthony Nuwa, Godfrey Magumba, Steph...
- 2021
Sep 6, 2020 · PMID: 32899935. PMCID: PMC7559940. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030141. Abstract. Malaria and COVID-19 may have similar aspects and seem to have a strong potential for mutual influence.
As signs and symptoms of malaria and COVID-19 can overlap (such as a fever), public health messages will need to be adapted in malaria-endemic settings so that people who have a fever are encouraged to seek immediate treatment rather than stay at home; without prompt treatment, a mild case of malaria can rapidly progress to severe illness and ...
