A Case of Malaria Occurred in Child Living in Seoul

서울 시내 소아에서 발생한 말라리아 1례

  • Shin, Seon Hee (Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University) ;
  • Oh, Phil Soo (Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University) ;
  • Kim, Young Jun (Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University) ;
  • Kim, Mee Ran (Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University) ;
  • Choi, Ha Joo (Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University) ;
  • Yoon, Hae Sun (Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University) ;
  • Park, Min Jung (Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun Tae (Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University)
  • 신선희 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 오필수 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 김영준 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 김미란 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 최하주 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 윤혜선 (한림대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 박민정 (한림대학교 의과대학 임상병리과학교실) ;
  • 김현태 (한림대학교 의과대학 임상병리과학교실)
  • Published : 1997.11.20

Abstract

Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax had been known as an indigenous protozoan disease in Korea. However, massive use of insecticides and improvement of sanitation for several decades have led to rapid reduction of malaria incidence, then it was recognized to have been almost eradicated in recent years. However in 1993, one case was reported in Phajoo, Kyungki-do, and then, reported cases have been increasing annually. Recently we encountered one case of malaria in a 3 year old male child living in Dorim-dong, Seoul, who had never been abroad and had no history of transfusion, drug abuse, and travel to endemic area in Korea. He had characteristic fever, chill and splenomegaly and was confirmed as Plasmodium vivax malaria with peripheral blood smear finding. He was successfully treated with hydroxy chloroquine and primaquine. We report this case with brief review of related literature.

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