Dengue Co-infection and COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020: Literature Review

Abstract

The pandemic scenario, accompanied since the end of 2019, consisting of COVID-19 affects countries on all continents. Upon reaching South America, it expressed concerns to researchers about the simultaneous circulation of existing dengue serotypes. This is a national and international literature survey involving dengue co-infection and covid-19 in Brazil. The reference period was from April 2020 to March 2021. The descriptors used were: "Coinfection" AND "simultaneous infection" AND "Sars Cov II" AND "Arbovirus". The survey took place in the PERIODIC CAPES and Google Scholar databases in both databases. It was found that the possibility of co-infection between Dengue and COVID-19 exists, mainly in endemic areas, which may lead to a delay in the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection, producing greater dissemination of the virus and progression to death.