[5 cases of Plasmodium malariae infection following blood transfusion]

Five Plasmodium malariae cases were diagnosed in our parasitology laboratory. All five were induced malariae cases and patients had been infected via transfusion of blood at different intervals. These cases were as follows: 1968 H.A (25) female, 1970 K.Y (45) male, 1971 I.H (38) female, 1972 A.B (18) male and 1976 K.A (4 months) infant. All the cases were notified to the Ankara Malaria Eradication Regional Centre and all were confirmed in their laboratory and after given radical treatment of three days chloroquine and two weeks primaquine.