Introduction
Clinicians need to be aware of the symptoms and treatment options in order to properly diagnose and treat this potentially fatal disease. Malaria can be suspected based on the patient’s symptoms and the physical findings at examination. If a timely diagnosis and treatment is not undertaken, then the patient is likely to develop serious complications. However, for a definitive diagnosis to be made, laboratory tests must demonstrate the malaria parasites or their components. This module gives a brief overview about the different modalities available for the early clinical diagnosis of malaria and its complications in an outpatient setup.
Malaria Insights for Busy Practitioners
About Faculty:
Prof. Dr. Amitabha Nandy, is MD from the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. Presently, he is Director of The Centre for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (CENTROMAP) Kolkata.
Professor Nandy has contributed immensely to the world of parasitology through his extensive research and publications. He has worked with TDR-WHO, Geneva as advisor and Division of Control of Tropical Diseases (CTD), WHO as consultant. He has been working as an expert in Malaria and Kala-azar and other vector borne diseases at the NVBDCP (National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme), Delhi and is a member of the Malaria Drug Policy Committee, NVBDCP. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and visiting scientist to several countries. He has more than 100 publications to his credit and various books to his famous name. He has received several awards for his original research work in Malaria and Kala-azar from University of Kolkata and Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases, New Delhi.