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Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
; 104(1): 78-80, 2010 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19818463
ABSTRACT
We describe a 32-year-old Bangladeshi male presenting with severe malaria caused by a mono-infection with Plasmodium malariae. Rosetting of infected and uninfected erythrocytes, a putative virulence factor in falciparum malaria, was observed in the blood slide. Severe disease caused by P. malariae is extremely rare. The patient made a rapid recovery with intravenous quinine treatment.