Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pakistan

To compare the severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria with that of P. falciparum malaria, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of 356 adults hospitalized with malaria (2009–2011) in Pakistan. P. vivax and P. falciparum accounted for 83% and 13% of cases, respectively; 79.9% of patients w...

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Autores principales: Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar, Nizami, Sobia, Raza, Afsheen, Mehraj, Vikram, Rasheed, Anita Fazal, Ghanchi, Najia Karim, Khaled, Zahra Nur, Beg, M. Asim
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3837647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24188313
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.130495
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author Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar
Nizami, Sobia
Raza, Afsheen
Mehraj, Vikram
Rasheed, Anita Fazal
Ghanchi, Najia Karim
Khaled, Zahra Nur
Beg, M. Asim
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Nizami, Sobia
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description To compare the severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria with that of P. falciparum malaria, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of 356 adults hospitalized with malaria (2009–2011) in Pakistan. P. vivax and P. falciparum accounted for 83% and 13% of cases, respectively; 79.9% of patients with severe malaria were infected with P. vivax.
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spelling pubmed-38376472013-11-22 Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pakistan Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar Nizami, Sobia Raza, Afsheen Mehraj, Vikram Rasheed, Anita Fazal Ghanchi, Najia Karim Khaled, Zahra Nur Beg, M. Asim Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To compare the severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria with that of P. falciparum malaria, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of 356 adults hospitalized with malaria (2009–2011) in Pakistan. P. vivax and P. falciparum accounted for 83% and 13% of cases, respectively; 79.9% of patients with severe malaria were infected with P. vivax. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3837647/ /pubmed/24188313 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.130495 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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