An unusual case of heart failure due to Plasmodium vivax infection with a favorable outcome

Although malaria is one of the oldest types of parasitic infection, we have recently witnessed substantial changes in the outcome of malarial infections. Severe Plasmodium vivax infections have recently become more frequent, and are occasionally associated with fatal outcomes. Cardiac arrhythmia and...

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Main Authors: Nishanth Dev, Adesh Kumar Gadpayle, Jhuma Sankar, Mona Choudhary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822014000500663&lng=en&tlng=en