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http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2010.53.1.85

A case of Plasmodium vivax malaria occurring during a school excursion to Pocheon-gun  

Kwak, Byung Ok (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Chung, Sochung (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Kim, Kyo Sun (Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Konkuk University)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.53, no.1, 2010 , pp. 85-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
Malaria caused by Plasmodium species is characterized by paroxysms of fever, chills, fatigue, anemia, and splenomegaly. Vivax malaria has lately re-emerged as an infectious disease and has exhibited high transmission rate in northern Gyeonggi-do province. We encountered a case of malaria in a child presenting with fever and thrombocytopenia who had recently made a school excursion to Pocheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do. The child was diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria and treated with hydroxychloroquine and primaquine. Here, we present this case with a brief review of the literature.
Keywords
Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Fever; Thrombocytopenia; School excursion;
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