A Case of Malaria in a University Student After Returning from Camping Trip

authors:

avatar V Wiwanitkit 1 , *

Department of laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand; Physician at Health Unit, Student Affairs, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 Thailand.

how to cite: Wiwanitkit V. A Case of Malaria in a University Student After Returning from Camping Trip. Shiraz E-Med J. 2007;8(2): 87-89. 

Abstract

Malaria is a mosquito-borne parasitic infection. In human, malaria is an important one is an potentially mortal mosquito-borne illness characterized by cyclic battles of fever with inflexibility of muscle, shaking and sweating in the tropical countries. Here, the author reports a case of malaria in a university study after returning from camping trip. This case can imply the importance of travel medicine and bring the attention of the physician in the Western in facing up with a case of unexplained fever returning from trips in tropical forest in Southeast Asia.

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