Severe vivax malaria: newly recognised or rediscovered

Stephen Rogerson and Richard Carter discuss two new studies that challenge current dogma by suggesting that vivax malaria can cause severe disease.

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2008-06, Vol.5 (6), p.e136-e136
Main Authors: Rogerson, Stephen J, Carter, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anemia
Animals
Antimalarials - therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Disease
Drug resistance
Humans
Infant
Infections
Infectious Diseases
Malaria
Malaria, Vivax - complications
Malaria, Vivax - diagnosis
Malaria, Vivax - prevention & control
Malaria, Vivax - therapy
Medicine in Developing Countries
Microbiology
Papua New Guinea
Pathology
Pediatrics
Pediatrics and Child Health
Plasmodium falciparum - physiology
Plasmodium vivax - physiology
Preventive Medicine - trends
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Public Health and Epidemiology
Research in Translation
Severity of Illness Index
Time Factors
Viral infections
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Summary:Stephen Rogerson and Richard Carter discuss two new studies that challenge current dogma by suggesting that vivax malaria can cause severe disease.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050136