Febrile Plasmodium falciparum malaria 4 years after exposure in a man with sickle cell disease.
We report a case of symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria that manifested 4 years after a visit to an area of endemicity in an 18-year-old male patient with sickle cell disease. The exceptionally long incubation time raises the questions of how and where P. falciparum parasites can reside for several years before suddenly causing disease.
Greenwood
Tatiana
T
Department of Pediatrics, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden.
Vikerfors
Tomas
T
Sjöberg
Maria
M
Skeppner
Gunnar
G
Färnert
Anna
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications*; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors; D014195:Travel