title: Concurrent Autochthonous Malaria Caused by Plasmodium vivax in Father and Son in Greece.
abstract: We report the case of a 12-year-old child who was admitted to our Department, with 7 days' history of high fever and splenomegaly. His father had similar symptoms starting on the same day. A rapid test and microscopy for malaria yielded a positive result for Plasmodium vivax Antimalarial therapy was initiated. He developed methemoglobinemia treated with ascorbic acid and had uneventful recovery.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 12642, Greece dimi_med@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dimopoulou
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 12642, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelia-Theofano
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Piperaki
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 12642, Greece.
authors.forename: Loukia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zerva
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 12642, Greece.
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsagris
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 12642, Greece.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asprogeraka
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Haematology and Blood Bank Unit, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 12642 Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kalantzis
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 12642, Greece.
authors.forename: Vassiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papaevangelou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005220:Fathers; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male
keywords: Plasmodium vivax; autochthonous; children; malaria; methemoglobinemia.