Dengue infection as a potential trigger of an imported Plasmodium ovale malaria relapse or a long incubation period in a non-endemic malaria region
Objectives: To report that dengue fever (DF) could have triggered Plasmodium ovale wallikeri malaria. Methods: A retrospective case report of P. ovale malaria and DF in a single patient in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who had lived in Angola, is presented. Results: On the second week of illness, the pati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216000096 |