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Title
Severity of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Karachi: a cross-sectional study.
Authors
Mehmood, Amber; Ejaz, Kiran; Ahmed, Tauqeer
Abstract
Plasmodium vivax malaria affects billions of people annually. This study aimed to note the presentations and complications and subsequently to identify the determinants of in-patient hospital care of P. vivax malaria patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Severity of the shock was also assessed using a shock index.
Publication
Journal of infection in developing countries, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 9, p664