Delayed Malaria Recrudescence and Relapse in the Setting of COVID-19

It is unknown whether COVID-19 can trigger malaria recrudescence or relapse. Although Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence occurring years after infection is extremely rare, delayed Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale relapse from the latent hypnozoite stage is well described. We report a case of a...

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Published in:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Main Authors: Katherine Reifler, Sonja Kytomaa, Nancy S. Miller, Daniel Bourque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2023-05-01
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1034