Severity of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Karachi: a cross-sectional study | Zendy

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Severity of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Karachi: a cross-sectional study

Author(s) -

Amber Mehmood,

Kiran Ejaz,

Tauqeer Ahmed

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2107

Subject(s) - medicine , plasmodium vivax , malaria , emergency department , cross sectional study , respiratory distress , pneumonia , emergency medicine , pediatrics , surgery , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , pathology , psychiatry

Plasmodium vivax malaria affects billions of people annually. This study aimed to note the presentations and complications and subsequently to identify the determinants of in-patient hospital care of P. vivax malaria patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Severity of the shock was also assessed using a shock index.

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