Update: self-induced malaria associated with malariotherapy for Lyme disease--Texas.
In December 1990, the Texas Department of Health (TDH) was contacted by a man who had recently moved from the northeastern United States and who was considering malariotherapy for Lyme disease (LD). He described a 2-year history of unsuccessful treatment with multiple antibiotics for arthralgias and palpitations, which had been diagnosed as LD.
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D008288:Malaria / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010966:Plasmodium vivax; D013781:Texas