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From 2015 to 2019, we followed a cohort of 2017 participants in Goiania, Goias, Central Brazil. Febrile cases were monitored weekly, and after identification of fever, the physician performed a home visit for clinical evaluation and collection of blood\/urine for diagnosis of acute dengue\/Zika infection in suspected cases. Dengue acute infection was investigated by NS1 antigen and real time RT-PCR and seroconversion of anti-dengue IgM. ZIKV infection was confirmed by real time RT-PCR. Six cases of Zika\/dengue coinfection among participants were reported. The clinical outcomes were suggestive for both DENV and ZIKV infection. No coinfected patient had neurological clinical manifestation, warning signs or need for hospitalization. A continuous specific laboratory confirmation for both dengue and Zika viruses should be enforced as part of the surveillance systems even in the presence of very suggestive cases of dengue fever, minimizing the risk of a late detection of ZIKV circulation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/v12101201","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,21]],"date-time":"2020-10-21T10:14:22Z","timestamp":1603275262000},"page":"1201","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Six Cases of Zika\/Dengue Coinfection in a Brazilian Cohort, 2015\u20132019"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0527-9349","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claudio","family":"Siqueira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiania 74605-050, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9843-2949","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Val\u00e9ria","family":"F\u00e9res","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Goias, Goiania 74605-170, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Livia","family":"Coutinho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Goias, Goiania 74605-170, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3774-3409","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isabela","family":"Junqueira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Goias, Goiania 74605-170, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luziane","family":"Bento","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiania 74605-050, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Larissa","family":"Montes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiania 74605-050, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"suffix":"Jr.","given":"Jo\u00e3o Bosco","family":"Siqueira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiania 74605-050, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Minist\u00e9rio da Sa\u00fade (2018). 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