Detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in febrile patients from an endemic region of dengue and chikungunya in Peru
Open Access / Acceso abierto URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659814 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265820 Enlaces adicionales: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265820 Introduction The rapid expansion of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus has raised serious public health concerns due to the possibility of misdiagnosis in regions where arboviral diseases are endemic. We performed the first study in northern Peru to describe the detection of SARSCoV-2 IgM antibodies in febrile patients with a suspected diagnosis of dengue and chikungunya fever. Materials and methods A consecutive cross-sectional study was performed in febrile patients attending primary healthcare centers from April 2020 through March 2021. Patients enrolled underwent serum sample collection for the molecular and serological detection of DENV and CHIKV. Also, serological detection of IgM antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 was performed. Results 464 patients were included during the study period, of which ...