FebrilePlasmodium falciparumMalaria 4 Years after Exposure in a Man with Sickle Cell Disease | Zendy

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FebrilePlasmodium falciparumMalaria 4 Years after Exposure in a Man with Sickle Cell Disease

Author(s) -

Tatiana von Bahr Greenwood,

Tomas Vikerfors,

Maria Sjöberg,

Gunnar Skeppner,

Anna Färnert

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/590250

Subject(s) - malaria , plasmodium falciparum , medicine , disease , sickle cell trait , pediatrics , immunology , hemoglobinopathy , incubation period , incubation , biology , biochemistry

We report a case of symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria that manifested 4 years after a visit to an area of endemicity in an 18-year-old male patient with sickle cell disease. The exceptionally long incubation time raises the questions of how and where P. falciparum parasites can reside for several years before suddenly causing disease.

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