Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018

We report human infection with simian Plasmodium cynomolgi in a tourist from Denmark who had visited forested areas in peninsular Malaysia and Thailand in August and September 2018. Because P. cynomolgi may go unnoticed by standard malaria diagnostics, this malaria species may be more common in huma...

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Autores principales: Hartmeyer, Gitte N., Stensvold, Christen R., Fabricius, Thilde, Marmolin, Ea S., Hoegh, Silje V., Nielsen, Henrik V., Kemp, Michael, Vestergaard, Lasse S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6759256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31538931
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.190448
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author Hartmeyer, Gitte N.
Stensvold, Christen R.
Fabricius, Thilde
Marmolin, Ea S.
Hoegh, Silje V.
Nielsen, Henrik V.
Kemp, Michael
Vestergaard, Lasse S.
author_facet Hartmeyer, Gitte N.
Stensvold, Christen R.
Fabricius, Thilde
Marmolin, Ea S.
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Nielsen, Henrik V.
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description We report human infection with simian Plasmodium cynomolgi in a tourist from Denmark who had visited forested areas in peninsular Malaysia and Thailand in August and September 2018. Because P. cynomolgi may go unnoticed by standard malaria diagnostics, this malaria species may be more common in humans than was previously thought.
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spelling pubmed-67592562019-10-02 Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018 Hartmeyer, Gitte N. Stensvold, Christen R. Fabricius, Thilde Marmolin, Ea S. Hoegh, Silje V. Nielsen, Henrik V. Kemp, Michael Vestergaard, Lasse S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report human infection with simian Plasmodium cynomolgi in a tourist from Denmark who had visited forested areas in peninsular Malaysia and Thailand in August and September 2018. Because P. cynomolgi may go unnoticed by standard malaria diagnostics, this malaria species may be more common in humans than was previously thought. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6759256/ /pubmed/31538931 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.190448 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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Hartmeyer, Gitte N.
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Hoegh, Silje V.
Nielsen, Henrik V.
Kemp, Michael
Vestergaard, Lasse S.
Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018
title Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018
title_full Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018
title_fullStr Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018
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title_short Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018
title_sort plasmodium cynomolgi as cause of malaria in tourist to southeast asia, 2018
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6759256/
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