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Case Report: A mixed malaria infection: is Plasmodium vivax good for you?

Submitted by Kabogo on March 5, 2010 - 11:44
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Author(s): 
J. Whitehorn, C. Coltart, D. Manser, T. Doherty
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 104, Issue 3, March 2010, Pages 240-241
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james.whitehorn@uclh.nhs.uk

We describe a case of mixed malaria infection in a returning traveller. We suggest that our patient had a chronic infection with Plasmodium vivax, which reduced the severity of an acute infection with P. falciparum—an example of cross-species immunity.

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