Acute Rheujmatic Fever with Malarial infectio

Author(s)	Prof. Dr. Rama Chandran Muthiah
Country	India
Abstract	The coexistence of acute rheumatic fever with malarial infection is uncommon. Relapsing pattern of fever is the short febrile periods occurring between one or several days of normal temperature. Malaria, in particular that caused by infection with plasmodium vivax, produces relapsing fever at 48 hrs interval. The exact mechanism for acute rheumatic fever remains unexplained and ‘molecular mimicry’ appears to be most likely. Similarly for coexistence of acute rheumatic fever with malarial infection remains unexplained and related to ‘altered immune status’, particularly with P. vivax infection which may be related to specific duffy blood group antigen.
Keywords	Acute rheumatic fever, ASO titer, Malarial infection, Carditis, Immune response, Duffy blood group antigen
Field	Biology > Genetics / Molecular
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On	2026-06-19

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