Is anemia in Plasmodium vivax malaria more frequent and severe than in Plasmodium falciparum?

Am J Med. 2006 Nov;119(11):e9-10. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.08.014.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia / blood
  • Anemia / epidemiology*
  • Anemia / parasitology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hemoglobins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Malaria, Falciparum / complications*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Vivax / complications*
  • Malaria, Vivax / diagnosis
  • Odds Ratio
  • Patient Admission

Substances

  • Hemoglobins