Sars-cov-2 and denv co-infection: Diagnostic challenge and curse on overloaded health care system

Abstract

Introduction: Co-infection with dengue is posing a diagnostic challenge in dengue-endemic countries because of similar clinical symptoms & laboratory findings between COVID 19 and Dengue infection. This co-infection is a warning for dengue endemic regions to face the challenge of differentiating and managing two disease entities together as both show serological cross reactivity which can mislead the timely diagnosis and treatment and is associated with increased mortality. And if timely diagnosis is not made, it will spread the virus to other people as timely isolation will not be done.