Plasmodium knowlesi infection imported to Germany, January 2013

Plasmodium knowlesi was known as a plasmodium of macaques until P. knowlesi transmission to humans was recognised in Borneo and later throughout South-East Asia. We describe here a case of a P. knowlesi infection imported to Germany from Thailand. The patient had not taken antimalarial chemoprophyla...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2013-10, Vol.18 (40), p.1
Hauptverfasser:	Orth, H, Jensen, B O, Holtfreter, M C, Kocheril, S J, Mallach, S, MacKenzie, C, Müller-Stöver, I, Henrich, B, Imwong, M, White, N J, Häussinger, D, Richter, J
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Kidney Injury - complications Acute Kidney Injury - diagnosis Antimalarials - therapeutic use Artemether Artemisinins - therapeutic use Disease transmission Ethanolamines - therapeutic use Female Fever Fluorenes - therapeutic use Germany Humans Lumefantrine Malaria Malaria - diagnosis Malaria - drug therapy Malaria - transmission Microscopy Middle Aged Plasmodium knowlesi - genetics Plasmodium knowlesi - isolation & purification Polymerase Chain Reaction Thailand Travel Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Plasmodium knowlesi was known as a plasmodium of macaques until P. knowlesi transmission to humans was recognised in Borneo and later throughout South-East Asia. We describe here a case of a P. knowlesi infection imported to Germany from Thailand. The patient had not taken antimalarial chemoprophylaxis and suffered from daily fever attacks. Microscopy revealed trophozoites and gametocytes resembling P. malariae. P. knowlesi malaria was confirmed by PCR.
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.40.20603