Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams
Severe imported malaria is a clinically significant problem in non-endemic areas. We report two cases of travelers with Plasmodium falciparum infection who traveled from Africa and came home to a Brazilian non-endemic region. The epidemiology and diagnostic aspects of severe imported malaria for tra...
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doaj-31587386e0ee43d68ad45ea54755e7aa2020-11-24T23:56:38ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRevista de Medicina da UFC0100-13022447-65952019-03-01591717410.20513/2447-6595.2019v59n1p71-7437852Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teamsMatheus Dias Girão Rocha0Evelyne Santana Girão1Janete Romão Santos2Roberto Justa Pires Neto3Departamento de Saúde Comunitária, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.Hospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.Departamento de Saúde Comunitária, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. Hospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.Universidade Federal do CearáSevere imported malaria is a clinically significant problem in non-endemic areas. We report two cases of travelers with Plasmodium falciparum infection who traveled from Africa and came home to a Brazilian non-endemic region. The epidemiology and diagnostic aspects of severe imported malaria for travel medicine clinicians in non-endemic regions are reviewed.http://periodicos.ufc.br/revistademedicinadaufc/article/view/32637MalariaMalaria, falciparumTravelers’ health |
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Matheus Dias Girão Rocha Evelyne Santana Girão Janete Romão Santos Roberto Justa Pires Neto Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams Revista de Medicina da UFC Malaria Malaria, falciparum Travelers’ health |
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Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams |
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Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams |
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Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams |
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Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams |
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Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams |
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severe imported malaria in a brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams |
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Universidade Federal do Ceará |
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Revista de Medicina da UFC |
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Severe imported malaria is a clinically significant problem in non-endemic areas. We report two cases of travelers with Plasmodium falciparum infection who traveled from Africa and came home to a Brazilian non-endemic region. The epidemiology and diagnostic aspects of severe imported malaria for travel medicine clinicians in non-endemic regions are reviewed. |
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Malaria Malaria, falciparum Travelers’ health |
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