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Imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist returning from Thailand. / Berry, Antoine; Iriart, Xavier; Wilhelm, Nathalie et al.
In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 84, No. 4, 04.2011, p. 535-8.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist returning from Thailand
AU - Berry, Antoine
AU - Iriart, Xavier
AU - Wilhelm, Nathalie
AU - Valentin, Alexis
AU - Cassaing, Sophie
AU - Witkowski, Benoit
AU - Benoit-Vical, Françoise
AU - Menard, Sandie
AU - Olagnier, David
AU - Fillaux, Judith
AU - Sire, Stephane
AU - Le Coustumier, Alain
AU - Magnaval, Jean-François
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - We report a case of imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist following a vacation in Thailand. This case shows, first, tourists may contract knowlesi malaria even only staying on the beach and second, the diagnosis remains difficult, even with polymerase chain reaction methods.
AB - We report a case of imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist following a vacation in Thailand. This case shows, first, tourists may contract knowlesi malaria even only staying on the beach and second, the diagnosis remains difficult, even with polymerase chain reaction methods.
KW - Animals
KW - Antimalarials/therapeutic use
KW - France
KW - Humans
KW - Macaca
KW - Malaria/epidemiology
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Plasmodium knowlesi/isolation & purification
KW - Thailand/epidemiology
KW - Travel
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0622
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0622
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21460005
VL - 84
SP - 535
EP - 538
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
SN - 0002-9637
IS - 4
ER -