Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an asplenic man.
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.
Israeli
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Shapiro
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Ephros
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MA
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