Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018

Plasmodium cynomolgi as Cause of Malaria in Tourist to Southeast Asia, 2018

We report human infection with simian Plasmodium cynomolgi in a tourist from Denmark who had visited forested areas in peninsular Malaysia and Thailand in August and September 2018. Because P. cynomolgi may go unnoticed by standard malaria diagnostics, this malaria species may be more common in huma...

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Main Authors: Gitte N. Hartmeyer, Christen R. Stensvold, Thilde Fabricius, Ea S. Marmolin, Silje V. Hoegh, Henrik V. Nielsen, Michael Kemp, Lasse S. Vestergaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
malaria
Plasmodium cynomolgi
human infection
parasites
travel
Southeast Asia
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/10/19-0448_article

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