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Co-infection with dengue, zika, chikungunya in a six-year-old patient in Bamako, Mali

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The burden of arboviral infections remains underestimated in sub-Saharan Africa due to the similarity of symptoms with malaria and other tropical febrile illnesses. Simultaneous infection with three arboviruses sharing the same vector is rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here the case of a six-year-old girl diagnosed by multiplex real time-polymerase chain reaction for infection involving dengue, zika and chikungunya viruses with no severe symptoms and good clinical improvement with symptomatic treatment in Bamako, Mali. CONCLUSIONS: Co-circulation of different arboviruses is possible in urban context where Aedes mosquito vectors are emerging. Further studies are needed to explore the epidemiology and the clinical features of these coinfections.

Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

DOI: 10.3855/jidc.16449