Abstract

Malaria is a life-threatening disease which contributes to significant morbidity and mortality, especially in developing countries. We report here two cases, mixed malaria and vivax malaria with unusual presentation of gastroenteritis. Two male patients aged 42 years old and a female patient aged 15 years old were admitted to hospital with fever. The patients both had symptoms of fever, chills, rigor, headache and vomiting. First patient peripheral blood smear revealed Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax and second patient blood smear examined Plasmodium vivax. To our knowledge, this is the first report of vivax malaria with unusual presentation of gastroenteritis in this island and mixed malaria infection is not uncommon, and it needs to be diagnosed and treated effectively in order to control the disease.

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