Delayed diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax malaria in an elderly Sri Lankan pilgrim in India
Malaria was rampant in Sri Lanka two decades ago but we have since been declared free of malaria transmission by the WHO in 2016.However, neighboring India still has a high incidence of malaria, and visitors to India carry a high risk of contracting this disease.Despite the elimination of indigenous cases of malaria in Sri Lanka, a fair number of c