P.vivax infection in a known case of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) – changing trends.

ABSTRACT

We report a case of P.vivax infection in a case of sickle cell anaemia. The patient was a known case of sickle cell anaemia and was admitted with chief complaints of Fever with chills and rigors since 4 to 5 days and investigations were sent in microbiology laboratory for detection of malarial antigen and he was found to be positive for P.vivax by both rapid test and Giemsa staining. It is thought that malaria is rare in patients of sickle cell anaemia as infected RBCs sickle and malarial parasites cannot survive in those RBCs.