Blackwater fever caused by Plasmodium vivax infection in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Blackwater fever is usually associated with malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum infection in susceptible subjects. It is not associated with other parasites in man. The authors describe a case of blackwater fever caused by P. vivax infection in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndr...

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Published in:BMJ 1988-03, Vol.296 (6625), p.827-827
Main Authors: Katongole-Mbidde, Edward, Banura, Cecil, Kizito, Alexandria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications
Adult
AIDS
AIDS/HIV
Animals
Blackwater fever
Blackwater Fever - etiology
Blood
Female
Fever
HIV
Humans
Infections
Malaria
Malaria - complications
Malaria - etiology
Papers and Short Reports
Parasites
Plasmodium vivax
Short Reports
Urine
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Summary:Blackwater fever is usually associated with malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum infection in susceptible subjects. It is not associated with other parasites in man. The authors describe a case of blackwater fever caused by P. vivax infection in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
ISSN:0267-0623
0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.296.6625.827