P.Vivax Infection In A Known Case Of Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) – Changing Trends?
P.Vivax Infection In A Known Case Of Sickle Cell Anaemia
Keywords:
P.vivax infection, Sickle cell anaemiaAbstract
We report a case of P.vivax infection in a case of sickle cell anaemia. The patient was a known case of sickle cell anaemia and was admitted with chief complaints of Fever with chills and rigors since 4 to 5 days and investigations were sent in microbiology laboratory for detection of malarial antigen and he was found to be positive for P.vivax by both rapid test and Giemsa staining. It is thought that malaria is rare in patients of sickle cell anaemia as infected RBCs sickle and malarial parasites cannot survive in those RBCs.
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3. Mulay AP et al.Sickle cell hemoglobinopathy against malaria: is it changing? Int J Biol Med Res:2011;2 (3):818-819
4. Okuonghae HO, Nwankwo MU, Offor E. Malarial parasitaemia in febrile children with sickle cell anaemia. J Trop Pediatr.1992;38(2):83-85.
5. Aluoch JR. Higher resistance to Plasmodium falciparum infection in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in western Kenya. Trop Med Int Health.1997;2(6):568-571
6. Kotlia R, Okesola A, Makanjuola O. Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in sickle cell disease patients:how effective is chemoprophylaxis? J Vector Borne Dis.2007; 44(1):52-55.
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10. Molineaux L, Fleming AF, Cornille-Brogger R, Kagan I, Storey J. Abnormal Haemoglobin in Dudan savanna of Nigeria, III: malaria, immunoglobulins and antimalarial antibodies in sickle cell disease. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1979; 73(4):301-310.
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2012-10-31
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Joshi, D. S., Trivedi, D. G. R., Rana, M. R., Lakhani, D. S. J., & Date, D. V. S. (2012). P.Vivax Infection In A Known Case Of Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) – Changing Trends? P.Vivax Infection In A Known Case Of Sickle Cell Anaemia. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 3(4), 152–153. Retrieved from http://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/383
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