| molecular evidence of mixed p. vivax and p. falciparum infections in northern islamic republic of iran. | this study compared basic microscopy with molecular detection of plasmodium species. according to thick-film microscopy, 100% of 142 malaria cases in pars-abad, ardebil province, were infected with a single species, p vivax. however, nested polymerase chain reaction (pcr) detected mixed species infections of both p. vivax and p. falciparum in 7.0%. in mazanderan province, 2/20 blood films were diagnosed with only p. falciparum and 18/20 with only p. vivax. however, nested pcr detected 17/20, 2/2 ... | 2004 | 16212210 |
| a case of misdiagnose of malaria infection. | a case of malaria infection in a 42-year-old woman in rural area of mahmodabad, mazandaran province, north iran was reported and discussed elaborately. she was complaining about recurrent fevers, sweating, headache and myalgia in back. after her first admission to hospital due to misdiagnose she did not receive proper treatment and the patient suffered from clinical manifestations again. eventually in the second admission to another hospital, after a precise examination on her thick and thin blo ... | 0 | 23998018 |