Open AccessThe Clinicopathologic Manifestations of Plasmodium Vivax Malaria in Children: A Growing Menace
Author(s) -
Prasun Bhattacharjee
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/5652.2960
Subject(s) - plasmodium vivax , malaria , hepatosplenomegaly , medicine , population , cerebral malaria , plasmodium falciparum , pediatrics , immunology , environmental health , disease
Today, India faces increasing morbidity and mortality due to malaria, which is a global health burden. Plasmodium vivax which was once considered to have a benign course, is now being increasingly associated with complicated malaria. Studies which have been done on the increasing virulence of P. Vivax in children, are exceptionally rare.