Publication: Two cases of severe falciparum malaria in KMCTH
Date
2006
Authors
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
1812-2027
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 86 - 88
Publisher
Kathmandu University
Abstract
Malaria is the most important parasitic disease of man. It is the protozoan infection of RBCs transmitted by bite of
blood feeding female anopheline mosquito. Until the 19th century malaria was found throughout Europe, North
America and Russia. Since then, it has been eradicated from these areas but in tropics though initial efforts of
eradication had been successful, there has been resurgence of disease1 accompanied by increasing resistance of the
anopheline vector to insecticide and of the parasite to antimalarial drugs. We report two cases of falciparum malaria
in which there was co-existent vivax malarial infection. These two cases were both exposed to highly endemic zone
for malaria.
Key words: Sequestration, malaria, falciparum.