Cerebral involvement in benign tertian malaria.

M A Beg Department of Microbiology, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. masim.beg@aku.edu

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R Khan Department of Microbiology, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. masim.beg@aku.edu

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S M Baig Department of Microbiology, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. masim.beg@aku.edu

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.230
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Volume 67: Issue 3
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230–232
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Although Plasmodium vivax usually causes benign uncomplicated malaria, it can occasionally result in severe disease with life-threatening, end-organ involvement generally seen with falciparum malaria. We report a case of cerebral malaria caused by P. vivax and review the literature on this subject.

Published Online:
Sep 2002
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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