3 Methods
A blood sample was collected for laboratory investigations to ascertain the cause of his symptoms. A peripheral blood smear identified both trophozoite and schizont stages of Plasmodium falciparum , confirming the involvement of malaria infection. Additionally, appreciating the epidemiological risk due to the endemicity and recent outbreaks of arboviruses in the area, a blood sample was collected and the patient was screened for arboviral diseases including dengue, Chikungunya, Yellow fever and Rift valley fever using RT-PCR. The result confirmed a concurrent infection with Chikungunya virus. While testing negative for other arboviral diseases. Additionally, the laboratory assessment showed thrombocytopenia, anemia, and lymphocytosis. Detailed laboratory results are presented in Table 1.