On Taking a Different Route: An Unlikely Case of Malaria by Nosocomial Transmission | Zendy

Henning Gruell | Zendy; Laura Hamacher | Zendy; Veronika Jennissen | Zendy; Armin Tuchscherer | Zendy; Norbert Ostendorf | Zendy; Thorsten Löffler | Zendy; Michael Hallek | Zendy; Matthias Kochanek | Zendy; Egbert Tannich | Zendy; Boris Böll | Zendy; Gerd Fätkenheuer | Zendy

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On Taking a Different Route: An Unlikely Case of Malaria by Nosocomial Transmission

Author(s) -

Henning Gruell,

Laura Hamacher,

Veronika Jennissen,

Armin Tuchscherer,

Norbert Ostendorf,

Thorsten Löffler,

Michael Hallek,

Matthias Kochanek,

Egbert Tannich,

Boris Böll,

Gerd Fätkenheuer

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix520

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , plasmodium falciparum , vector (molecular biology) , incidence (geometry) , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , immunology , biology , telecommunications , biochemistry , physics , computer science , optics , gene , recombinant dna

Vector-borne diseases can be contracted by exposure to contaminated material. This mode of transmission is not geographically restricted to the presence of a vector. Unexpected infection in regions of low incidence potentially delays diagnosis. We report a case of severe falciparum malaria following nosocomial Plasmodium falciparum transmission in nonendemic Germany.

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