title: Benign tertian malaria--a misnomer?
abstract: Plasmodium vivax usually causes an acute self-limiting febrile illness with fever spikes on every third day and no complications or death. Therefore the illness caused by this parasite was termed benign tertian malaria. However, many complications associated with Plasmodium falciparum have been seen with increasing frequency with Plasmodium vivax in recent times. The present study highlights the various complications associated with Plasmodium vivax malaria.
authors.affiliation: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Medicine, Puducherry, India. bammigatti@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Chanaveerappa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bammigatti
authors.forename: Sirish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Ashwini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult