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

Abstract 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...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Loupa Chariclia V, Tzanetou Konstantina, Kotsantis Ioannis, Panopoulos Stylianos, Lelekis Moyssis
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012
Subjects:
Malaria
Autochthonous
Plasmodium vivax
Greece
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-52
https://doaj.org/article/fa9653cacffa4ccbb97dcfe2f6584070
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Summary:Abstract 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.

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