Reversible myelopathy in Plasmodium vivax malaria: report of a case and review of literature.

to 500 million febrile illnesses and several million deaths annually1–2. Malaria is endemic in India and continues to account for almost a 1000 deaths per year since 2002. Almost all of the mortality is accountable to Plasmodium falciparum infection3. Vivax malaria is generally thought as the “benign tertian malaria” and is unaccompanied by any adverse complications. Recently few complicated cases are being reported and the designation of benign malaria is being challenged4. Two recent retrospective analyses from India highlight this picture4–5. There are few reports of neurological complications in mono-inJ Vector Borne Dis 50, September 2013, pp. 236–238