Symptomatic Falciparum Malaria After Living in a Nonendemic Area for 10 Years: Recrudescence or Indigenous Transmission?

AbstractWe report the case of a patient from Mali who, after 10 years of living in Spain, presented with symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria without having visited an endemic area during that time. We cannot completely rule out the possibility of indigenous transmission, but this case most likely represents recrudescence of an infection acquired over 10 years earlier.

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Joaquín Salas-Coronas, Manuel Jesús Soriano-Pérez, Ana B Lozano-Serrano, Rosario Pérez-Moyano, Carmen Porrino-Herrera, María Teresa Cabezas-Fernández. Symptomatic Falciparum Malaria After Living in a Nonendemic Area for 10 Years: Recrudescence or Indigenous Transmission? The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2017 Jun;96(6):1427-1429

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PMID: 28719260

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