Imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist returning from Thailand

Authors :: Alain Le Coustumier
Nathalie Wilhelm
Xavier Iriart
David Olagnier
Jean-François Magnaval
Françoise Benoit-Vical
Sandie Menard
Stephane Sire
Antoine Berry
Benoit Witkowski
Sophie Cassaing
Judith Fillaux
Alexis Valentin
Source :: Berry, A, Iriart, X, Wilhelm, N, Valentin, A, Cassaing, S, Witkowski, B, Benoit-Vical, F, Menard, S, Olagnier, D, Fillaux, J, Sire, S, Le Coustumier, A & Magnaval, J-F 2011, ' Imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist returning from Thailand ' American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 84, no. 4, pp. 535-8 . https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0622
Publication Year :: 2011
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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