Plasmodium vivax 8/9/2018

Narges presented a case of a returning traveler from India, coming in with fever, malaise, and headache several months after returning from India. He was thrombocytopenic on presentation, and a blood smear revealed intracellular parasites within RBCs. He was diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax!

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