title: Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an asplenic man.
abstract: An asplenic man with no prior exposure to malaria was infected with Plasmodium falciparum on a visit to Kenya. The peripheral blood showed a parasitaemia of 5% and displayed all developmental stages of the parasite, resembling the asplenic simian model of malaria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Israeli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ephros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013156:Splenectomy