A prospective study on adult patients of severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and mixed infection from Bikaner, northwest India

• Published in: Journal of vector borne diseases Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 200 - 210
• Main Authors: Kochar, D K, Das, Ashis, Kochar, Abhishek, Middha, Sheetal, Acharya, Jyoti, Tanwar, G S, Pakalapati, Deepak, Subudhi, A K, Boopathi, P A, Garg, Shilpi, Kochar, S K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.09.2014; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Adult; Care and treatment; Coinfection - parasitology; Coinfection - pathology; Development and progression; Genetic aspects; Humans; Identification and classification; India; Malaria; Malaria, Falciparum - mortality; Malaria, Falciparum - parasitology; Malaria, Falciparum - pathology; Malaria, Vivax - mortality; Malaria, Vivax - parasitology; Malaria, Vivax - pathology; Male; Medical research; Methods; Mixed infection; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; severe malaria; Parasites; Plasmodium; Plasmodium falciparum - genetics; Plasmodium falciparum - isolation & purification; Plasmodium vivax - genetics; Plasmodium vivax - isolation & purification; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Precision medicine; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Public health administration; Studies; Survival Analysis; India

Description of severe vivax malaria and mixed species infection requires good clinical study. The present study was undertaken to evalute the characteristics of severe malaria patients in Bikaner, northwest India. This prospective study included 539 admitted adult patients of severe malaria (Plasmod...