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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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fa9653cacffa4ccbb97dcfe2f6584070 2023-05-15T14:59:01+02:00 Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in a Greek schoolgirl of the Attica region Loupa Chariclia V Tzanetou Konstantina Kotsantis Ioannis Panopoulos Stylianos Lelekis Moyssis 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-52 https://doaj.org/article/fa9653cacffa4ccbb97dcfe2f6584070 EN eng BMC http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/52 https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-52 1475-2875 https://doaj.org/article/fa9653cacffa4ccbb97dcfe2f6584070 Malaria Journal, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 52 (2012) Malaria Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax Greece Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-52 2022-12-30T22:59:20Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Malaria Journal 11 1 |
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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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Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in a Greek schoolgirl of the Attica region |
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