Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in a Greek schoolgirl of the Attica region

Malaria Journal

Case Report

Chariclia V Loupa¹  Stylianos Panopoulos¹  Moyssis Lelekis¹  Ioannis Kotsantis¹  Konstantina Tzanetou² 

[1] 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, "A. Fleming" General Hospital, 14 25th March St., GR-15127, Melissia, Athens, Greece;Department of Microbiology, "Alexandra" General Hospital, 80 V. Sofias Ave. & 2-4 Lourou St., GR-11528, Athens, Greece;

关键词: Malaria;    Autochthonous;    Plasmodium vivax;    Greece;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-11-52

 received in 2011-09-25, accepted in 2012-02-21,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

In August 2009, one case of autochthonous malaria due to Plasmodium vivax was diagnosed in Greece in a young woman residing in the Eastern Attica region. The source of infection could not be identified. No other autochthonous malaria cases have been described in the Attica region since 1974. This was a sporadic case with no evidence of further local transmission, and no more cases have been reported in Attica up to now, two years later.

【 授权许可】

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© Loupa et al; BioMed Central Ltd. 2012