title: Vivax malaria and chloroquine resistance: a neglected disease as an emerging threat.
abstract: In Pakistan, Plasmodium vivax contributes to major malaria burden. In this case, a pregnant woman presented with P. vivax infection and which was not cleared by chloroquine, despite adequate treatment. This is probably the first confirmed case of chloroquine-resistant vivax from Pakistan, where severe malaria due to P. vivax is already an emerging problem.
authors.affiliation: Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. anam.akbar5@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anam A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Waheed
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan. najia.ghanchi@aku.edu.
authors.forename: Najia K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Ghanchi
authors.affiliation: Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. ar_karim@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Karim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan. afsheen.raza@aku.edu.
authors.forename: Afsheen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.affiliation: Section of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan. faisal.mahmood@aku.edu.
authors.forename: Syed F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, PO Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan. masim.beg@aku.edu.
authors.forename: Mohammad A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Beg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000187:drug effects*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D002738:Chloroquine