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Published on: July 4, 2007
Concurrent Autochthonous Malaria Caused by Plasmodium vivax in Father and Son in Greece
Dimitra Dimopoulou1, Evangelia-Theofano Piperaki2, Loukia Zerva3
1Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 12642, Greece dimi_med@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 12-year-old child who was admitted to our Department, with 7 days' history of high fever and splenomegaly. His father had similar symptoms starting on the same day. A rapid test and microscopy for malaria yielded a positive result for Plasmodium vivax Antimalarial therapy was initiated. He developed methemoglobinemia treated with ascorbic acid and had uneventful recovery.

