scholarly journals Imported Malaria: A Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Case in Turkey with Rarely Seen Blood Stages of Infection

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-219
Author(s):  
Koray Öncel ◽  
Leman Karaağaç ◽  
Ahmet Özbilgin
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Malaria Case ◽  
Imported Malaria

scholarly journals Imported Malaria in Portugal: Prevalence of Polymorphisms in the Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance Genes pfmdr1 and pfk13

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2045
Author(s):  
Debora Serrano ◽  
Ana Santos-Reis ◽  
Clemente Silva ◽  
Ana Dias ◽  
Brigite Dias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Malaria Case ◽  
African Country ◽  
Imported Malaria ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Close Relationship

Malaria is one of the ‘big three’ killer infectious diseases, alongside tuberculosis and HIV. In non-endemic areas, malaria may occur in travelers who have recently been to or visited endemic regions. The number of imported malaria cases in Portugal has increased in recent years, mostly due to the close relationship with the community of Portuguese language countries. Samples were collected from malaria-infected patients attending Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental (CHLO) or the outpatient clinic of Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT-NOVA) between March 2014 and May 2021. Molecular characterization of Plasmodium falciparum pfk13 and pfmdr1 genes was performed. We analyzed 232 imported malaria cases. The majority (68.53%) of the patients came from Angola and only three patients travelled to a non-African country; one to Brazil and two to Indonesia. P. falciparum was diagnosed in 81.47% of the cases, P. malariae in 7.33%, P. ovale 6.47% and 1.72% carried P. vivax. No mutations were detected in pfk13. Regarding pfmdr1, the wild-type haplotype (N86/Y184/D1246) was also the most prevalent (64.71%) and N86/184F/D1246 was detected in 26.47% of the cases. The typical imported malaria case was middle-aged male, traveling from Angola, infected with P. falciparum carrying wild type pfmdr1 and pfk13. Our study highlights the need for constant surveillance of malaria parasites imported into Portugal as an important pillar of public health.

HRP2/3 mutation in recrudescent Plasmodium falciparum malaria case acquired in Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiraz Gefen-Halevi ◽  
Valentin Belinson ◽  
Uri Manor ◽  
Zeala Gazit ◽  
Gill Smollan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Lactate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Falciparum Malaria ◽  
Malaria Case ◽  
Rapid Detection ◽  
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria ◽  
Malaria Prophylaxis ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Polymerase Chain

A 65-year-old Israeli working in Welkait, Ethiopia, not using malaria prophylaxis, developed fever. Malaria rapid detection test was consistent with non-falciparum malaria (plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase+/histidine-rich protein− [LDH+/HRP−]) but microscopy showed typical Plasmodium falciparum. HRP2/3 were negative by polymerase chain reaction. The patient suffered two recrudescence episodes following artemether–lumefantrine and atovaquone–proguanil treatments, and responded to mefloquine treatment.

scholarly journals K13-Propeller Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Patients in Mayotte in 2013 and 2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 7878-7881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marylin Torrentino-Madamet ◽  
Louis Collet ◽  
Jean François Lepère ◽  
Nicolas Benoit ◽  
Rémy Amalvict ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Imported Malaria ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Grande Comore ◽  
Propeller Blades

ABSTRACTPlasmodium falciparumisolates were collected from 29 malaria patients treated with artemether-lumefantrine in Mayotte in 2013 and 2014. Twenty-four cases (83%) consisted of imported malaria. Seventeen percent of the isolates presented mutations in one of the six K13-propeller blades (N490H, F495L, N554H/K, and E596G). A total of 23.8% of the isolates from the Union of Comoros showed K13-propeller polymorphisms. Three of the 18 isolates (16.7%) from Grande Comore showed polymorphisms (N490H, N554K, and E596G).

Chemosusceptibility analysis of Plasmodium falciparum imported malaria in Italy

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Caramello ◽  
Francesca Canta ◽  
Ilaria Cavecchia ◽  
Giuseppina Sergi ◽  
Rosanna Balbiano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Imported Malaria

scholarly journals Malaria outbreaks in a non-endemic area of Brazil, 2005

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Ezequiel Limongi ◽  
Kátia Maria Chaves ◽  
Márcia Beatriz Cardoso de Paula ◽  
Fabíola Corrêa da Costa ◽  
Alcides de Assis e Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Plasmodium Vivax ◽  
Malaria Transmission ◽  
Malaria Case ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Epidemiological Investigation ◽  
Exposure Site ◽  
History Of ◽  
Local Transmission

In March 2005, a resident of the municipality of Monte Alegre de Minas, State of Minas Gerais, without any history of traveling to endemic areas for malaria, was diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax infection and local mosquito-borne transmission was suspected. The epidemiological investigation identified another 10 cases with local transmission and all of them were related to the imported malaria case that was detected in this region. The potential exposure site was the banks of the river Tejuco, an area frequented by mineral prospectors. Some of these prospectors were known to have come from states with malaria transmission. In the autochthonous cases, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum were diagnosed. Entomological investigation identified Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi, Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) albitarsis, Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) triannulatus and Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) parvus. After the first outbreak, another three autochthonous cases were notified in municipality of Monte Alegre de Minas, in the same year. The occurrence of these outbreaks highlights the importance of surveillance systems in areas that are nonendemic for malaria.

scholarly journals Pulmonary manifestation of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: Case reports and review of the literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Fatehi Elzein ◽  
Nazik Mohammed ◽  
Najoud Ali ◽  
Abdelkarim Bahloul ◽  
Abeer Albadani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Falciparum Malaria ◽  
Malaria Case ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Pulmonary Manifestation

scholarly journals Imported Malaria in Pregnancy due to Plasmodium falciparum

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 331-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Focá ◽  
Giovanni Matera ◽  
Giorgio S. Barreca ◽  
Fiorentina Gagliardi ◽  
Maria C. Liberto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Malaria In Pregnancy ◽  
Imported Malaria ◽  
In Pregnancy
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