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Delayed clinical presentation of Plasmodium falciparum malaria after leaving an endemic area: a tale of two patients

Author(s) -

Kaylin Pennington,

Samuel T. Ives,

Anne Frosch,

Megan Shaughnessy

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taaa092

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , presentation (obstetrics) , incubation period , pediatrics , immunology , virology , surgery , incubation , biology , biochemistry

Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) may be missed if patients present with symptoms outside of the expected incubation period. We describe two patients who developed Pf malaria more than one year after visiting malaria-endemic countries. Both worked at an international airport, but no source of infection was identified.

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