Severe malaria from a new beach resort.

Despite a concerted worldwide effort to eradicate Plasmodium falciparum malaria, this disease remains a major public health problem. One of the most serious complications of this affliction is cerebral malaria, which often is fatal1). Blood microvessels in the brain and other organs are obstructed by the malaria-infected erythrocytes. According to the WHO classification, over 5% of malaria infecting erythrocytes (parasitemia) is severe malaria2). And 50% of the deaths of Japanese