A case of congenital plasmodium vivax malaria from a temperate region in central china

Abstract In February 2011, a rare case of congenital Plasmodium vivax malaria was diagnosed in a temperate region of Central China. An infant developed intermittent fever 20 days after delivery. Since this occurred during the non-transmission winter season in a low malaria endemic region and the inf...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Liu Xue, Tao Zhi-Yong, Fang Qiang, Wang Xue-Mei, Zhang Hui, Stoute Jose A, Xia Hui, Cui Liwang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-182
https://doaj.org/article/a27a3c38c0474c4aa09c4471e4d3343e
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Summary:Abstract In February 2011, a rare case of congenital Plasmodium vivax malaria was diagnosed in a temperate region of Central China. An infant developed intermittent fever 20 days after delivery. Since this occurred during the non-transmission winter season in a low malaria endemic region and the infant’s mother did not have a clear malaria history or showed malaria symptoms at the time of the delivery, malaria infection was not suspected at the beginning. Later, on suspicion of potential malignant haematological illness due to persistence of the fever, bone marrow smear was examined, which revealed infection by P. vivax parasite. This rare case of congenital vivax malaria underlines that malaria diagnosis might need to be included in the healthcare of neonates born in vivax-endemic areas.

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