Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria, HIV, tuberculosis co-infection in a Sri Lankan traveller: case management and challenges during the prevention of malaria reintroduction phase

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Dewanee Ranaweera, R. M. J. Kanchana Rajapaksha, Priyanganie Silva, Raja Hettiarachchi, W. M. Kumudu T. de A. W. Gunasekera, Hemantha Herath, Deepika Fernando
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Subjects: Severe; Plasmodium; Vivax; Malaria; Comorbid; Case management; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Traveller
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2581-1; https://doaj.org/article/4ee37f6bfd41460f98980de27c18e4a8

Abstract Background The country received malaria-free certification from WHO in September 2016, becoming only the second country in the WHO South East Asia region to be declared malaria-free. Imported malaria cases continue to be reported, with 278 cases reported between 2013 and 2017. The diagnosis...