Factors associated with the severity and complication of patients with malaria hospitalized between 2009 and 2013 in three municipalities of Colombia, case control study.

Background: Malaria worldwide annual reported cases range between 250 and 500 million and nearly half a million deaths are reported every year. Colombia has a vast expanse of territory with environmental and social conditions conducive to malaria transmission, which is the reason why it has second place in Latin America for the number of cases of malaria.

Methods: This is a retrospective, paired, case-control study that compares patients with severe malaria and malaria patients without mention of complication.

A descriptive study of 16 severe Plasmodium vivax cases from three municipalities of Colombia between 2009 and 2013.

Background: Plasmodium vivax, the most geographically distributed cause of malaria, accounts for more than 70% of cases in the Americas. In Colombia, P. vivax was responsible for 67.