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Case Reports
. 2008 Aug 15;47(4):e39-41.
doi: 10.1086/590250.

Febrile Plasmodium falciparum malaria 4 years after exposure in a man with sickle cell disease

Tatiana Greenwood  1 , Tomas Vikerfors, Maria Sjöberg, Gunnar Skeppner, Anna Färnert
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Febrile Plasmodium falciparum malaria 4 years after exposure in a man with sickle cell disease

Tatiana Greenwood et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We report a case of symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria that manifested 4 years after a visit to an area of endemicity in an 18-year-old male patient with sickle cell disease. The exceptionally long incubation time raises the questions of how and where P. falciparum parasites can reside for several years before suddenly causing disease.

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