| Autor: |
Ennis, J. G., Teal, A. E., Habura, A., Madison-Antenucci, S., Keithly, J. S., Barnwell, J. W., Collins, W. E., Mali, S., Slutsker, L., Dasilva, A., Hwang, J., Arguin, P. M. |
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| Zdroj: |
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 5/13/2009, Vol. 301 Issue 18, p1871-1872, 2p |
| Abstrakt: |
The article presents a report from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) involving the diagnosis of plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a rare form of simian malaria, in a U.S. traveler in 2008. Details of a 50-year-old woman and long-time U.S. resident who returned to the Philippines to visit relatives are presented. Her malaria symptoms upon return included headache, fever, and chills. She was treated with atovaquone-proguanil and primaquine. |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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