• Miss.Deepika Shukla
• Dr.R.Sujatha
• Mr.Deepak Sameer Bind

Background:Malaria and Dengue are the most prevalent vector-borne diseases worldwide and represent major public health concern. Both are endemic in tropical regions. Now co-infection cases have been reported around the world. Co infection of malaria and dengue cause more severe than the mono infection. Aim: To find the incidence of dengue and malaria co-infection at a teaching care hospital Kanpur. Material and Methods: A prospective study was carried out in a tertiary care hospital, Kanpur. Study wasconducted between months January 2017 to December 2018. A total 200 serum samples clinically suspected to have acute febrile illness.All samples were tested for dengue NS-1 antigen ELISA before 5 days of onset of illness and for dengue IgM ELISA and Malaria infection by peripheral blood smear and Rapid card test. Results: out of 200 patientsOnly 27% (54) patients with fever were tested positive for dengue and 20% (40) were tested positive for malaria.4 % (8) dengue cases show concurrent infection with malarial parasites. Hepatomegaly and jaundice 10-15%, haemorrhagic manifestations % (4), haemoglobin<12 g/dl 60-85% (80) and thrombocytopenia (platelet count <150,000/cmm) (80-50) were common in malaria and dengue co-infections and were much more common in Plasmodium falciparum infections. Conclusion: Concurrent infection with malaria and dengue can result in severe illness having overlapping symptom that causes difficulty in diagnosis and treatment. Failure or delay to recognize malaria or dengue co-infection would delay the initiation of proper therapy that may increases chance of severity of bleeding.

Key Words:- Dengue, Malaria, Co-infection

"Dengue and malaria co-infections study at a tertiary care hospital at Kanpur”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.2266-2271, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103283.pdf

"Dengue and malaria co-infections study at a tertiary care hospital at Kanpur”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp2266-2271, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103283.pdf