A mixed malaria infection: is Plasmodium vivax good for you?
We describe a case of mixed malaria infection in a returning traveller. We suggest that our patient had a chronic infection with Plasmodium vivax, which reduced the severity of an acute infection with P. falciparum-an example of cross-species immunity.
Whitehorn
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Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK. james.whitehorn@uclh.nhs.uk <james.whitehorn@uclh.nhs.uk>
Coltart
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Manser
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Doherty
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D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male
D000962:Antimalarials