Severe vivax malaria: newly recognised or rediscovered

PLoS Med. 2008 Jun 17;5(6):e136. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050136.

Abstract

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

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Malaria, Vivax / complications
  • Malaria, Vivax / diagnosis*
  • Malaria, Vivax / prevention & control
  • Malaria, Vivax / therapy
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Plasmodium falciparum / physiology
  • Plasmodium vivax / physiology
  • Preventive Medicine / trends
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antimalarials