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Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA
We report a cluster of 6 pediatric residents of Houston, Texas, USA, who presented with Plasmodium vivax infection within an eight-week period. All had immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan within the previous year. The clustering raises the possibilities of local mosquito vectored infect...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590619/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8568710 |
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author | Al Hammoud, Roukaya Murphy, James R. Chang, Michael L. |
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description | We report a cluster of 6 pediatric residents of Houston, Texas, USA, who presented with Plasmodium vivax infection within an eight-week period. All had immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan within the previous year. The clustering raises the possibilities of local mosquito vectored infection and/or synchronous relapses. Molecular typing and local mosquito testing are crucial in delineating the source of similar clusters in nonendemic regions. Single-dose hypnozoite eradication treatment may be considered in emigrating children to malaria nonendemic countries. |
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spelling | pubmed-65906192019-07-07 Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA Al Hammoud, Roukaya Murphy, James R. Chang, Michael L. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We report a cluster of 6 pediatric residents of Houston, Texas, USA, who presented with Plasmodium vivax infection within an eight-week period. All had immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan within the previous year. The clustering raises the possibilities of local mosquito vectored infection and/or synchronous relapses. Molecular typing and local mosquito testing are crucial in delineating the source of similar clusters in nonendemic regions. Single-dose hypnozoite eradication treatment may be considered in emigrating children to malaria nonendemic countries. Hindawi 2019-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6590619/ /pubmed/31281691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8568710 Text en Copyright © 2019 Roukaya Al Hammoud et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Al Hammoud, Roukaya Murphy, James R. Chang, Michael L. Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA |
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Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA |
title_full |
Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA |
title_fullStr |
Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA |
title_full_unstemmed |
Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA |
title_short |
Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA |
title_sort | plasmodium vivax infection in multiple family members in texas, usa |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6590619/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8568710 |
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