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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2010;53(1):85-88. Published online January 15, 2010.

A case of Plasmodium vivax malaria occurring during a school excursion to Pocheon-gun

Byung Ok BO Kwak¹, Sochung Sc Chung¹, Kyo Sun KS Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Kyo Sun KS Kim ,Tel: +82.2-2030-7370, Fax: +82.2-2030-5009, Email: kimkyo@kuh.ac.kr

Abstract

Malaria caused by Plasmodium species is characterized by paroxysms of fever, chills, fatigue, anemia, and splenomegaly. Vivax malaria has lately re-emerged as an infectious disease and has exhibited high transmission rate in northern Gyeonggi-do province. We encountered a case of malaria in a child presenting with fever and thrombocytopenia who had recently made a school excursion to Pocheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do. The child was diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria and treated with hydroxychloroquine and primaquine. Here, we present this case with a brief review of the literature.

Keywords :Malaria, Plasmodium vivax, Fever, Thrombocytopenia, School excursion