Open AccessCLINICAL PROFILE OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Kalpesh Kumar Jain,
Jasraj Bohra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i8.2070
Subject(s) - plasmodium vivax , pallor , case fatality rate , malaria , medicine , vivax malaria , observational study , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , diagnosis of malaria , epidemiology , immunology , plasmodium falciparum
Background: To study clinical presentations and complications of P. vivax malaria
Methods: A prospective hospital-based clinical observational study was conducted on 100 patients under age of 14 years were enrolled in the study.
Result: The most common presentation was fever followed by pallor. Among the total of 100 cases studied 2 cases died with a case fatality rate of 2%. Among the total of 100 cases studied 5 cases (10%) required ICU admission.
Conclusion: P. vivax monoinfection tends to have severe complications in children. There is a need to review severity criteria for P. vivax malaria.
Keywords: Vivax, Fever, ICU