Possible Autochthonous Malaria from Marseille to Minneapolis

We report 2 cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in southern France in a French woman and an American man of Togolese origin who reported no recent travel to malaria-endemic countries. Both infections occurred after a stay near Marseille, which raises the possibility of autochthonous transmission....

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Autores principales: Doudier, Barbara, Bogreau, Hervé, DeVries, Aaron, Ponçon, Nicolas, Stauffer, William M, Fontenille, Didier, Rogier, Christophe, Parola, Philippe
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2828086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17953101
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1308.070143
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Sumario:We report 2 cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in southern France in a French woman and an American man of Togolese origin who reported no recent travel to malaria-endemic countries. Both infections occurred after a stay near Marseille, which raises the possibility of autochthonous transmission. Entomologic and genotypic investigations are described.

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