title: Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria in Pakistan.
abstract: To compare the severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria with that of P. falciparum malaria, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of 356 adults hospitalized with malaria (2009-2011) in Pakistan. P. vivax and P. falciparum accounted for 83% and 13% of cases, respectively; 79.9% of patients with severe malaria were infected with P. vivax.
authors.forename: Ali Bin Sarwar
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Zubairi
authors.forename: Sobia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nizami
authors.forename: Afsheen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehraj
authors.forename: Anita Fazal
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Rasheed
authors.forename: Najia Karim
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Ghanchi
authors.forename: Zahra Nur
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Khaled
authors.forename: M Asim
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Beg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: malaria, severe malaria, complications, Plasmodium vivax, Pakistan; parasites