Korean J Pediatr Infect Dis.
1997 Nov;4(2):282-287. 10.14776/kjpid.1997.4.2.282.
A Case of Malaria Occurred in Child Living in Seoul
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2440343
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.14776/kjpid.1997.4.2.282
Abstract
- Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax had been known as an indigenous protozoan disease in Korea. However, massive use of insecticides and improvement of sanitation for several decades have led to rapid reduction of malaria incidence, then it was recognized to have been almost eradicated in recent years. However in 1993, one case was reported in Phajoo, Kyungki-do, and then, reported cases have been increasing annually. Recently we encountered one case of malaria in a 3 year old male child living in Dorim-dong, Seoul, who had never been abroad and had no history of transfusion, drug abuse, and travel to endemic area in Korea. He had characteristic fever, chill and splenomegaly and was confirmed as Plasmodium vivax malaria with peripheral blood smear finding. He was successfully treated with hydroxychloroquine and primaquine. We report this case with brief review of related literature.
