Anemia and thrombocytopenia in Plasmodium vivax malaria is not unusual in patients from endemic and non-endemic settings

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2014 Sep-Oct;12(5):549-50. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.07.006. Epub 2014 Aug 1.

Authors

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales¹, Angélica Giselle-Badillo², Santiago Manrique-Castaño², María Camila Yepes²

Affiliations

¹ Comission of Scientific Publications and Teaching, Latin American Society for Travel Medicine (SLAMVI), Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Electronic address: arodriguezm@utp.edu.co.
² Public Health and Infection Research Incubator, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.

PMID: 25131143
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.07.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anemia / etiology*
Asia, Southeastern
Endemic Diseases
Humans
Jaundice / etiology
Latin America
Malaria, Vivax / complications*
Thrombocytopenia / etiology*