Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.
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چکیده
An American physician-traveler to East Africa presented with manifestations of cerebral malaria and was treated with intravenous quinidine for chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria. He later relapsed with Plasmodium ovale infection, despite previous primaquine therapy. Treatment of chloroquine-resistant malaria is discussed. The difficulty in diagnosing P. ovale infections and the predominance of this malaria species over P. vivax in East Africa are reviewed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 60 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987