title: Malaria or flu? A case report of misdiagnosis.
abstract: We present and discuss elaborately a case of malaria misdiagnosis in a 27-year-old woman in Chalus, Mazandaran Province, North Iran in 2013. The patient has been complaining of fever, shivering and myalgia for three months. Although she visited two physicians during this time, the problem still remained owing to misdiagnose. Eventually in hospital after a precise examination on her thick and thin blood film, the causative agent of disease was diagnosed as plasmodium vivax. The patient received treatment accordingly and all clinical manifestations were vanished.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paramedics, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seif Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mahdavi
authors.affiliation: Malaria Control Organization of Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raeesi
authors.affiliation: Malaria Control Organization of Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Faraji
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Mazandaran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Youssefi
authors.affiliation: Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, Mazandaran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Taghi
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rahimi
keywords: Diagnose; Infection; Iran; Malaria; Tropical disease