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Table 2 Description of chronic and acute co-morbidities diagnosed inP. vivax-infected patients admitted to two reference centers in Brazil and India

From: Characterization of Plasmodium vivax-associated admissions to reference hospitals in Brazil and India

 

n

Chronic co-morbidities*

84

Arterial hypertension

34

Diabetes

28

Chronic hepatitis C infection1

14

HIV/AIDS2

8

Chronic hepatitis B infection3

8

Chronic renal failure

2

Acute co-morbidities and investigations

87

Blood culture

 

Dengue fever4

68

Pneumonia

9

Enteric fever

3

Lepstopirosis5

2

Hepatitis A infection6

2

Varicella-zoster virus meningoencephalitis

1

Sickle cell disease crisis

1

Diphteria

1

  1. 1Defined by positive anti-HCV serology; 2defined by serology; 3defined by positive HBsAg; 4defined by positive PCR and/or NS1 test; 5defined by positive IgM; 6defined by positive IgM anti-HAV.
  2. *Uncertain denominators as investigations were made at attending physician’s discretion.
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