BACKGROUND Odyssean malaria refers to malaria transmitted by translocated mosquitoes and is a diagnosis of exclusion, as the probability of finding the responsible vector is miniscule. We believe that road traffic from endemic areas in and around South Africa is the source of most of the infected mosquitoes. Because of the unexpected nature of the disease, diagnosis is often delayed and severe ...

Malaria is a major health problem in various parts of the world especially affecting the tropical countries. It affects the vital organs causing severe complicated malaria. Clinical syndromes like severe cerebral malaria,anaemia, coagulation abnormalities, respiratory distress and severe anaemia can increase the mortality of malaria infected cases. Variation in individual susceptibility and sev...

Although there are a variety of tools and modalities for diagnosing treating malaria, it is still regarded as one the most common diseases with high mortality morbidity1. Different unusual presentations can be seen in form ARDS, myocarditis, hemophagocytosis2, suspicion should raised to prompt early aggressive antimalarial therapy reduce complications.