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A case of vivax malaria presenting with psychosis
C C Tilluckdharry1, D D Chadee, R Doon
1Ministry of Health, Trinidad.
The West Indian Medical Journal
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
The first case of psychosis due to Plasmodium vivax malaria, imported from India is reported. A 44-year-old Trinidadian male presented with fever, and psychotic episodes in association with vivax malaria. The symptoms of both malaria and psychosis were resolved following the standard chloroquine-primaquine therapy.