Severe imported malaria in a Brazilian non-endemic region: a permanent alert for travelers and health teams
| Autor: | Janete Romão dos Santos, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Matheus Dias Girão Rocha, Evelyne Santana Girão |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:Medicine Plasmodium falciparum infection macromolecular substances Environmental health Epidemiology parasitic diseases Medicine Travel medicine Malária Falciparum Non endemic Malaria Falciparum General Environmental Science Imported malaria lcsh:R5-920 Travelers’ health business.industry lcsh:R Travelers' Health medicine.disease Malaria falciparum Malaria General Earth and Planetary Sciences business lcsh:Medicine (General) human activities Saúde do Viajante Malaria falciparum |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) instacron:UFC Revista de Medicina da UFC, Vol 59, Iss 1, Pp 71-74 (2019) |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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