Case Report: Two Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the Van Province
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Case Report
P: 172-173
June 2009

Case Report: Two Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the Van Province

Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2009;33(2):172-173
1. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Van, Türkiye
2. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Van, Türkiye
3. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Parazitoloji Bilim Dalı, Van, Türkiye
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Received Date: 22.11.2008
Accepted Date: 18.02.2009
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ABSTRACT

Malaria is an important parasitic infection which is endemic in the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeastern Anatolia regions and sporadic in other regions of Turkey, while Plasmodium vivax is the most common cause. Two patiens who were admitted to our hospital in October with complaints of high fever, chills, nausea-vomiting, generalized body pain and fatigue and diagnosed as P. Vivax malaria are presented, because they were two brothers with no history of travel outside of Van city.

Keywords:
Malaria, Plasmodium vivax