Open AccessMalaria and Borrellia Co-Infection
Author(s) -
E Flatau,
N Reichman,
Mazen Elias,
Raul Raz
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.2310/7060.2000.00031
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , hemolysis , anemia , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , hemolytic anemia , relapsing fever , plasmodium vivax , blood transfusion , virology
Severe anemia requiring blood transfusion may complicate falciparum malaria, but is rare in nonfalciparum malaria. We present a case of a young man with high fever, severe hemolytic anemia, and a blood film containing massive co-infection with Plasmodium vivax and with Borrelia. The possible importance of the co-infection on the magnitude of hemolysis will be discussed.
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