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Transient Aphemia-A Typical Presentation of Vivax Malaria


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Malaria is an important differential in patients with fever and neurological manifestations.. This report narrates a rare account of transient aphemia (complete loss of word output with preserved ability to write) secondary to plasmodium vivax (p.vivax) infection which was completely reversed on administration of anti-malarials and examines the pathophysiological and clinical aspects of cerebral malaria caused by p.vivax.

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Vivax Malaria, Aphaemia, Cerebral Malaria.
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Authors

S. Sureshbabu
St. Stephens Hospital, India
J. R. Baluja
St. Stephens Hospital, India
S. Peter
St. Stephens Hospital, India
C. Sobhana
St. Stephens Hospital, India
L. Khanna
St. Stephens Hospital, India

Abstract


Malaria is an important differential in patients with fever and neurological manifestations.. This report narrates a rare account of transient aphemia (complete loss of word output with preserved ability to write) secondary to plasmodium vivax (p.vivax) infection which was completely reversed on administration of anti-malarials and examines the pathophysiological and clinical aspects of cerebral malaria caused by p.vivax.

Keywords


Vivax Malaria, Aphaemia, Cerebral Malaria.

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