Korean Journal of Pediatrics (Jan 2010)

A case of Plasmodium vivax malaria occurring during a school excursion to Pocheon-gun

  • Byung Ok Kwak,
  • Sochung Chung,
  • Kyo Sun Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2010.53.1.85
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53, no. 1
pp. 85 – 88

Abstract

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Malaria caused by Plasmodium species is characterized by paroxysms of fever, chills, fatigue, anemia, and splenomegaly. Vivax malaria has lately re-emerged as an infectious disease and has exhibited high transmission rate in northern Gyeonggi-do province. We encountered a case of malaria in a child presenting with fever and thrombocytopenia who had recently made a school excursion to Pocheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do. The child was diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria and treated with hydroxychloroquine and primaquine. Here, we present this case with a brief review of the literature.