Re: Malaria & (Babs) - Afrebrile Malaria Has Been Documented

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Barb Peck wrote in part:

" In Malaria 100% of the time you have periodic fevers - even in the

case of uncomplicated malaria. "

I was able to do a simple Pub Med search for " afebrile malaria. " I

could only get through the first 5 of 56 hits, but found two that

make me think your statement is a bit off the mark.

I added paragraph breaks for readability, and put the references to

afebrile cases in caps.

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J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2001 Dec;17(4):216-20.

Epidemiologic investigations of a malaria outbreak in northern Delhi

area.

Ansari MA, Sharma YD, Roy A, Biswas S, Sharma PK.

Malaria Research Centre, Vikas Marg, Delhi, India.

Epidemiologic investigations revealed a 56.7 and 13.32% slide

positivity rate in FEBRILE AND AFEBRILE malaria cases, respectively.

In both cases, Plasmodium falciparum was predominant. Anopheles

culicifacies resistant to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and

benzene hexachloride (hexachlorocyclohexane) was found breeding

profusely in pools and ponds created by excavation of earth around

brick kiln in the region.

Furthermore, children were not found to be producing significant

levels of antibodies and a large percentage of patients harbored

chloroquine-resistant parasites. Also, more than 1 P. falciparum

strain was present in the population. We detected 2 strains, VI and

VII, of which type VI was predominant.

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It's not just in India, either. Here's a case from Italy, also from

2001:

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Ann Ital Med Int. 2001 Oct-Dec;16(4):252-5.

[unusual case of malaria in Italy]

[Article in Italian]

Bobbio F, Scolari P.

Divisione di Medicina Generale, Ospedale di Borgomanero, NO.

There is a significant increase in cases of malaria in Italy. The

incidence among Italian citizens has remained quite stable since

1990, while the number of cases among foreigners residing in Italy

has continued to increase. The clinical manifestations of plasmodium

infection can be less evident in these people: they often have only

mild complaints for weeks or months.

The case of a Senegalese woman with Plasmodium malariae infection is

presented. She had been in Italy for 13 months and was 4-month

pregnant. Her only symptoms were asthenia and microcytic anemia; SHE

WAS AFEBRILE. Her anemia was initially believed to be due to iron

deficiency: she was treated with iron and folic acid. The anemia

worsened, and resolved only after antimalarial therapy with

chloroquine.

Publication Types:

Case Reports

PMID: 11799633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Seems like it isn't so cut and dry, eh?

> > > > > I've talked to someone in England who knows four different

> > lymies

> > > > who

> > > > > kept relapsing after going off antibiotics, who got well

on

> > > vermox.

> > > > > And not even that much of vermox. 3 are completely well.

The

> > 4th

> > > > has

> > > > > slight relapse symptoms but not too bad.

> > > > >

> > > > > Anybody have thoughts about this? Burgdorfer did find

> nematodes

> > > in

> > > > > the mid 80's in the tickguts and other researchers are

> finding

> > > them

> > > > > more often now. Whether they are pathogenic, or perhaps,

> > > symbiotic

> > > > > with borrelia as some think (could they harbor borrelia in

> some

> > > > way,

> > > > > be the niche?), who knows....

> > > > >

> > > > > These drugs probably don't give fungal side effects like

> > > > antibiotics.

> > > > >

> > > > > Barb...where did you test for babesia? My quest is

negative,

> > and

> > > I

> > > > > also never had spiking fevers, YET I know that something

else

> > is

> > > > > going on besides lyme or I would not have gotten so ill.

> > Babesia

> > > > > being epidemic in CT where I was bit is the likely

candidate

> so

> > > I'm

> > > > > thinking of paying for Igenex Fish...tho I understand

serial

> > pcr

> > > > and

> > > > > a bunch of them is the best way but I don't want to

bankrupt

> > > myself

> > > > > with tests.

> > > > >

> > > > > TIA from anybody