| [case report: two plasmodium vivax malaria cases in the van province]. | malaria is an important parasitic infection which is endemic in the eastern mediterranean and southeastern anatolia regions and sporadic in other regions of turkey, while plasmodium vivax is the most common cause. two patients who were admitted to our hospital in october with complaints of high fever, chills, nausea-vomiting, generalized body pain and fatigue and diagnosed as p. vivax malaria are presented, because they were two brothers with no history of travel outside of van city. | 2009 | 19598098 |