Plasmodium falciparum hepatitis during malaria epidemic.
Thirty-two patients with a smear positive for Plasmodium falciparum and with jaundice were studied prospectively. Most of the cases were in the age group of 15-44 years. Serum bilirubin (conjugated) levels ranged from 2-25 mg%. Australia antigen was negative in all. Mortality was 12.4%, due to cerebral malaria.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies