A Case of imported malaria: the first report of Plasmodium malariae infection in Sri Lanka after 37 years

dc.contributor.authorHapuarachchi, H.A.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGunawardena, N.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSenevirathne, M.P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbeyewickreme, W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorde Silva, N.R.en_US
dc.creator.corporateauthorSri Lanka Medical Associationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-29T09:26:49Z
dc.date.available2014-10-29T09:26:49Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.descriptionIndexed In MEDLINE
dc.description.abstractWe report a case of Plasmodium falciparum and P. malariae mixed infection in a patient who had been living in Malawi. This is the first case of P. malariae reported in Sri Lanka in 4 decades. The presence of both parasites was confirmed by microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The history strongly indicated that the infection had been acquired from Malawi. The patient had liver dysfunction and a transient glomerulonephritis, both of which subsided with antimalarial treatment.
dc.identifier.citationThe Ceylon Medical Journal. 2008; 53(2): pp.53-54en_US
dc.identifier.departmentParasitologyen_US
dc.identifier.issn0009-0875 (Print)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1841
dc.publisherSri Lanka Medical Associationen_US
dc.subjectMalaria
dc.titleA Case of imported malaria: the first report of Plasmodium malariae infection in Sri Lanka after 37 yearsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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