A case report of afebrile malaria.

The hallmark of malaria is fever, and the diagnosis might not be considered in the absence of fever. 1 Wirima J.J. Harries A.D. Absence of fever in non-immune patients developing falciparum malaria. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1987; 295: 913 Google Scholar , 2 Taylor S.M. Molyneux M.E. Simel D.L. et al. Does this patient have malaria?. JAMA. 2010; 304: 2048-2056 Crossref PubMed Scopus (39) Google Scholar We diagnosed a case of afebrile malaria in a kidney transplant patient who had returned to the United States after a few weeks of vacation in Africa.