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Two cases of autochthonous Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Germany with evidence for local transmission by indigenous Anopheles plumbeus
Author(s) -
Krüger Andreas,
Rech Andreas,
Su XinZhuan,
Tannich Egbert
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00816.x
Subject(s) - malaria , plasmodium falciparum , transmission (telecommunications) , anopheles , indigenous , biology , medicine , virology , immunology , ecology , electrical engineering , engineering
Autochthonous Plasmodium falciparum malaria (PFM) in Central Europe has been reported repeatedly, transmission of the parasite being attributed to blood transfusion or imported P. falciparum ‐infected vectors. We report two cases of PFM in German children without travel history to malaria‐endemic areas. Both infections occurred during a stay in a hospital where a child from Angola with chronic P. falciparum infection was hospitalized at the time. Known routes of transmission, such as imported mosquitoes or blood transfusion, were very unlikely or could be excluded, whereas evidence was obtained for transmission by the indigenous mosquito species Anopheles plumbeus .