Simian Malaria in a U.S. Traveler-- New York, 2008.

Authors :: Ennis, J. G.
Teal, A. E.
Habura, A.
Madison-Antenucci, S.
Keithly, J. S.
Barnwell, J. W.
Collins, W. E.
Mali, S.
Slutsker, L.
Dasilva, A.
Hwang, J.
Arguin, P. M.
Source :: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 5/13/2009, Vol. 301 Issue 18, p1871-1872. 2p.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: The article presents a report from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) involving the diagnosis of plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a rare form of simian malaria, in a U.S. traveler in 2008. Details of a 50-year-old woman and long-time U.S. resident who returned to the Philippines to visit relatives are presented. Her malaria symptoms upon return included headache, fever, and chills. She was treated with atovaquone-proguanil and primaquine.