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A Case of Malaria in a University Student After Returning from Camping Trip
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1Department of laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand; Physician at Health Unit, Student Affairs, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 Thailand.
*Corresponding Author: Department of laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand 10330, wviroj@yahoo.com. Tel: +662-2564136. Email: wviroj@yahoo.com
Published online:Apr 01, 2007
Article type:Case Report
Received:Jul 01, 2006
Accepted:Aug 29, 2006
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):. doi:
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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© 2007, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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