Life-Threatening Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in Patient after Visiting Angola-Case Report
Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease, especially when complicated by a septic shock. It is caused by infection of erythrocytes with protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium that are inoculated into the humans by a feeding female anopheline mosquito. Of the four Plasmodia species, inf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017-03-01
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| Series: | Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2016-0039 |
| Summary: | Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease, especially when complicated by a septic shock. It is caused by infection of erythrocytes with protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium that are inoculated into the humans by a feeding female anopheline mosquito. Of the four Plasmodia species, infection with Plasmodium (P.) falciparum is often associated with different types of complications and significant mortality. Most imported cases of malaria are not in tourists but in immigrants and their children who have returned to the country of their family’s origin to visit friends and relatives (so-called VFR travelers) and have forgone chemoprophylaxis. |
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| ISSN: | 1820-8665 2335-075X |