TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria in Pakistan
AU - Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar
AU - Nizami, Sobia
AU - Raza, Afsheen
AU - Mehraj, Vikram
AU - Rasheed, Anita Fazal
AU - Ghanchi, Najia Karim
AU - Khaled, Zahra Nur
AU - Beg, M. Asim
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - To compare the severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria with that of P. falciparum malaria, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of 356 adults hospitalized with malaria (2009-2011) in Pakistan. P. vivax and P. falciparum accounted for 83% and 13% of cases, respectively; 79.9% of patients with severe malaria were infected with P. vivax.
AB - To compare the severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria with that of P. falciparum malaria, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of 356 adults hospitalized with malaria (2009-2011) in Pakistan. P. vivax and P. falciparum accounted for 83% and 13% of cases, respectively; 79.9% of patients with severe malaria were infected with P. vivax.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84886998106&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1911.130495
DO - 10.3201/eid1911.130495
M3 - Article
C2 - 24188313
AN - SCOPUS:84886998106
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 19
SP - 1851
EP - 1854
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 11
ER -
