@Article{, title={Imported vivax malaria: A case report and a literature review}, author={Dr. Basma Dawood Hanoon,}, journal={Iraq Joural of Hematology المجلة العراقية لامراض الدم}, volume={9}, number={2}, pages={166-169}, year={2020}, abstract={Imported malaria is defined as an infection acquired in a malaria‑endemic area but diagnosed in anonendemic country after the development of clinical symptoms. The fatality rate of malaria in thenonendemic area was 60 times higher than that in endemic areas, mainly because of the late diagnosisand treatment. Here, we report a 23‑year‑old Bangladesh male worker in a cleaning company wasadmitted to the Al Nuaman Teaching Hospital on May 22, 2018, with high‑grade fever and abdominalpain of 2 days duration. In medical history, he had been diagnosed with malaria since childhood.The case report is presented with a review of the literature. Microscopy remains the gold standarddiagnostic tool of malaria, thick and thin smears ± rapid diagnostic tests should be performed on allfebrile returned travelers from risk areas.

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