title: Cerebral involvement in benign tertian malaria.
abstract: Although Plasmodium vivax usually causes benign uncomplicated malaria, it can occasionally result in severe disease with life-threatening, end-organ involvement generally seen with falciparum malaria. We report a case of cerebral malaria caused by P. vivax and review the literature on this subject.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. masim.beg@aku.edu
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Beg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Baig
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gulzar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Smego
mesh_terms: D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged