Plasmodium vivax’ın uzayan inkübasyon periyodu mu? yoksa Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta sıtma hortladı mı?

Malaria is a serious infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites that still affects worldwide. The most common species in the world is Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax). Vivax malaria is characterized by hypnozoides forms that remain latent in the liver and cause relapses months or even years later. In addition, prolonged incubation periods are mentioned in P. vivax infection. In this study, two malaria cases who applied to our hospital with an interval of eight days and diagnosed with P. vivax were examined. One of our patients come to our country 7 months ago and the other 12 months ago from Pakistan and they did not go abroad again during this time. Neither had a previous history of malaria. In our country, malaria infection has been eradicated as a result of the destruction of Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit Plasmodium spp. since 1950, and no endemic malaria cases have been encountered since then. Despite this, it is thought that the increase in import malaria cases together with the changing mosquito fauna in recent years poses a risk in terms of endemic malaria cases. As a result, more accurate and precise data will be obtained by conducting up-to-date research and surveillance studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]