| [maternal death from severe malaria due to plasmodium vivax]. | here we describe the case of a 19-year-old woman, in her 29th week of gestation, who was from llumpe (ancash, peru) and had a history of traveling to chanchamayo (junín, peru) and rinconada (ancash, peru). the patient presented at chacas hospital (chacas, ancash, peru) with general malaise, dehydration, respiratory distress, jaundice, the sensation of thermal rise, and abdominal pain. analysis of blood smears revealed 60% hemoparasites. she was transferred to ramos guardia hospital (huaraz, peru ... | 2016 | 27656940 |