Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.

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-re...

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Autores principales: Patterson, J. E., Bia, F. J., Miller, K., McPhedran, P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1987
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2590103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3300055
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author Patterson, J. E.
Bia, F. J.
Miller, K.
McPhedran, P.
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Miller, K.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-25901032008-11-28 Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya. Patterson, J. E. Bia, F. J. Miller, K. McPhedran, P. Yale J Biol Med Research Article 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. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1987 /pmc/articles/PMC2590103/ /pubmed/3300055 Text en
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Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.
title Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.
title_full Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.
title_fullStr Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.
title_full_unstemmed Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.
title_short Relapsing malaria infection acquired in Kenya.
title_sort relapsing malaria infection acquired in kenya.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2590103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3300055
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