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Locally Acquired Mosquito-Transmitted (Autochthonous) Plasmodium falciparum Malaria -- National Capital Region, Maryland, August 2023.
- Source :
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MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report . 10/13/2023, Vol. 72 Issue 41, p1123-1125. 3p. 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The article describes the case of locally acquired mosquito-transmitted Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in a patient in Maryland in August 2023. It discusses the patient's medical history, results of the patient's laboratory tests, the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum, treatment given to the patient and the implementation of active case finding to identify other malaria cases in Maryland following the confirmation of malaria in the patient.
- Subjects :
- *MALARIA
*PLASMODIUM falciparum
*MALARIA diagnosis
*MEDICAL history taking
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01492195
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 41
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 172967510
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7241a3