Fatal Mixed Plasmodium Infection in Traveler Returning to Colombia from Comoros Islands, 2024.

Autor: Medina-Lozano LJ, Lozano SAB, Guavita C, Camargo M, Patiño LH, Ramírez JD, Gutiérrez-González DC, Faccini-Martínez ÁA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2024 Nov 20; Vol. 31 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 20.
DOI: 10.3201/eid3101.241491
Abstrakt: During 2014-2022, only Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases were reported in the Comoro Islands. We report a fatal case of mixed Plasmodium malaria infection in a traveler returning from the Comoros to Colombia in 2024, highlighting the need to strengthen laboratory detection and identification of Plasmodium spp. in sub-Saharan Africa.
Databáze: MEDLINE