Imported Plasmodium Knowlesi Malaria in a French Tourist Returning from Thailand

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2011 Apr 5

PMID 21460005

Citations 26

Authors

Antoine Berry

Xavier Iriart

Nathalie Wilhelm

Alexis Valentin

Sophie Cassaing

Benoit Witkowski

Francoise Benoit-Vical

Sandie Menard

David Olagnier

Judith Fillaux

Stephane Sire

Alain Le Coustumier

Jean-Francois Magnaval

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Abstract

We report a case of imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist following a vacation in Thailand. This case shows, first, tourists may contract knowlesi malaria even only staying on the beach and second, the diagnosis remains difficult, even with polymerase chain reaction methods.

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