Mixed-species Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium ovale malaria in a paediatric returned traveller

Malaria Journal

Case Report

Nadia Alattas¹  Shaun K Morris²  Andrea K Boggild³  Heather Senn⁴ 

[1] Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, M5G 1X8, Toronto, ON, Canada;Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, M5G 1X8, Toronto, ON, Canada;Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, M5G 1X8, Toronto, ON, Canada;Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network-Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, M5G 2C4, Toronto, ON, Canada;Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Suite RFE 3–805, 200 Elizabeth Street, M5G 2C4, Toronto, ON, Canada;Public Health Ontario Laboratories, 81 Resources Road, M9P 3T1, Etobicoke, ON, Canada;University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, 1 King’s College Circle, M5S 1A8, Toronto, ON, Canada;

关键词: Malaria;    Traveller;    Plasmodium falciparum;    Plasmodium ovale;    Mixed-species;    Paediatric;    Rapid diagnostic test;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-13-78

 received in 2013-12-23, accepted in 2014-02-26,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Malaria is a common and potentially fatal cause of febrile illness in returned travellers. Endemic areas for different malaria parasites overlap, but mixed species infections are rare. An adolescent male returned from a trip to Ghana in late summer 2013. He subsequently presented with blood smears positive for two species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium ovale, on two isolated hospital visits within a six-week period. The epidemiology of mixed infections, likely pathophysiology of his presentation, and the implications for malaria testing and treatment in returned travellers are discussed.

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