title: Plasmodium vivax induced myocarditis: a rare case report.
abstract: Malaria is one of the commonest parasitic disease in the tropics since ages. However the plasmodium still continues to give surprises to all of us. In the similar context we report a case of Plasmodium vivax induced myocarditis in a 20 year old male and review the literature related to this rare entitiy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sahoo
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D055815:Young Adult