Misdiagnosis of Dengue Fever as Malaria and Typhoid Fever and Their Co-infection in Rural Areas of Southwest Nigeria
Lawrence Okoror,
Emmanuel Olufemi Bankefa,
Oluchi Mariam Ukhureigbe
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND: Misdiagnosis of dengue as malaria and typhoid fever can be a major source of public health concern in large areas of Nigeria, as dengue is not routinely screened for in health care settings and clinicians have to depend on empirical treatment which may compromise patients’ health. As studies have reported a high prevalence of the dengue virus in areas of Nigeria, dengue and malaria have similar symptoms, the same arthropod vector, and the same mode of transmission, coupled with differential diagnos… Show more
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