Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019

MALARIA WITH HEMOGLOBINURIA -A PEDIATRIC CASE REPORT

Dr Ramya Ramanathan

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Malaria is a major public health problem of developing countries. Approximately, 2.48 million malaria cases are reported annually from South Asia of which 75% cases are contributed by India alone1. The clinical manifestations of malaria vary with geography, epidemiology, immunity, and age. In areas where malaria is highly endemic, young children (6 to 36 months) are at greatest risk. In areas where malaria is transmitted throughout the year, older children and adults develop partial immunity after repeated infections and are at relatively low risk for severe disease.Travelers to malarious areas generally who had no previous exposure to malaria parasites or have lost their immunity if they left the endemic area; they are at very high risk for severe disease if infected with Plasmodium falciparum2,3. For this reason, it is important to consider malaria in all feile patients with history of travel to malarious areas.hereby we are reporting a 2 year old child who had severe malaria with hemoglobinuria after travelling to assam in north eastern part of india. Malaria is endemic in most North Eastern States of India with Plasmodium falciparum being the predominant parasite.

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MALARIA WITH HEMOGLOBINURIA -A PEDIATRIC CASE REPORT, Dr Ramya Ramanathan INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2019

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