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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-SA 4.0Annals of African Medicine

Coinfection of Two Endemics – Scrub Typhus and Malaria

  • Vikram Bhausaheb Vikhe1
  • Ahanaa Chakraborty1
  • Isha Desai1
  • Kalakota Pranavi1
  • Priya Khaire1
  1. 1Department of General Medicine, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

Malaria and scrub typhus are both significant causes of acute febrile illness in the Indian subcontinent. Due to their overlapping clinical manifestations, it can be a challenge to distinguish between the two. Coinfection, although rarely seen, may lead to greater disease severity and adverse clinical outcomes. Here, we report a rare occurrence of malaria and scrub typhus coinfection and its presentation.

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@article{vikhe2026coinfection,
  title = {{Coinfection of Two Endemics – Scrub Typhus and Malaria}},
  author = {Vikram Bhausaheb Vikhe and Ahanaa Chakraborty and Isha Desai and Kalakota Pranavi and Priya Khaire},
  journal = {Annals of African Medicine},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  doi = {10.4103/aam.aam_278_26},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_278_26},
  note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Coinfection of Two Endemics – Scrub Typhus and Malaria
AU  - Vikram Bhausaheb Vikhe
AU  - Ahanaa Chakraborty
AU  - Isha Desai
AU  - Kalakota Pranavi
AU  - Priya Khaire
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/08/10
JO  - Annals of African Medicine
DO  - 10.4103/aam.aam_278_26
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_278_26
AB  - Malaria and scrub typhus are both significant causes of acute febrile illness in the Indian subcontinent. Due to their overlapping clinical manifestations, it can be a challenge to distinguish between the two. Coinfection, although rarely seen, may lead to greater disease severity and adverse clinical outcomes. Here, we report a rare occurrence of malaria and scrub typhus coinfection and its presentation.
SN  - 1596-3519
SN  - 0975-5764
ER  -