Plasmodium ovale Malaria Acquired in Central Spain

We describe a case of locally acquired Plasmodium ovale malaria in Spain. The patient was a Spanish woman who had never traveled out of Spain and had no other risk factors for malaria. Because patients with malaria may never have visited endemic areas, occasional transmission of malaria to European...

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Autores principales: Cuadros, Juan, Calvente, Maria José, Benito, Agustin, Arévalo, Juan, Calero, Maria Angeles, Segura, Javier, Rubio, Jose Miguel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12498674
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020105
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author Cuadros, Juan
Calvente, Maria José
Benito, Agustin
Arévalo, Juan
Calero, Maria Angeles
Segura, Javier
Rubio, Jose Miguel
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Calvente, Maria José
Benito, Agustin
Arévalo, Juan
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description We describe a case of locally acquired Plasmodium ovale malaria in Spain. The patient was a Spanish woman who had never traveled out of Spain and had no other risk factors for malaria. Because patients with malaria may never have visited endemic areas, occasional transmission of malaria to European hosts is a diagnostic and clinical challenge.
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spelling pubmed-27385062009-09-16 Plasmodium ovale Malaria Acquired in Central Spain Cuadros, Juan Calvente, Maria José Benito, Agustin Arévalo, Juan Calero, Maria Angeles Segura, Javier Rubio, Jose Miguel Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We describe a case of locally acquired Plasmodium ovale malaria in Spain. The patient was a Spanish woman who had never traveled out of Spain and had no other risk factors for malaria. Because patients with malaria may never have visited endemic areas, occasional transmission of malaria to European hosts is a diagnostic and clinical challenge. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2738506/ /pubmed/12498674 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020105 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Cuadros, Juan
Calvente, Maria José
Benito, Agustin
Arévalo, Juan
Calero, Maria Angeles
Segura, Javier
Rubio, Jose Miguel
Plasmodium ovale Malaria Acquired in Central Spain
title Plasmodium ovale Malaria Acquired in Central Spain
title_full Plasmodium ovale Malaria Acquired in Central Spain
title_fullStr Plasmodium ovale Malaria Acquired in Central Spain
title_full_unstemmed Plasmodium ovale Malaria Acquired in Central Spain
title_short Plasmodium ovale Malaria Acquired in Central Spain
title_sort plasmodium ovale malaria acquired in central spain
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12498674
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020105
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