Baqi M, Gamble K, Keystone J S, Kain K C
Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Toronto Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Can J Infect Dis. 1998 May;9(3):183-4. doi: 10.1155/1998/150650.
Although local acquisition of malaria has been reported in the United States, no such cases have been reported in Canada. The authors report a case of Plasmodium vivax malaria in a patient with no travel to a malarious area in the preceding nine years, and postulate local acquisition as the most likely explanation for her infection. The only other plausible alternative explanation of equal biological interest would be that this case represents the latest relapse of vivax malaria ever reported.
尽管美国已报告过本地感染疟疾的病例,但加拿大尚未有此类病例报告。作者报告了一例间日疟原虫疟疾病例,该患者在过去九年中未曾前往疟疾流行地区,推测本地感染是其感染最可能的原因。另一个同样具有生物学意义的合理替代解释是,该病例代表了有史以来报告的间日疟最晚期复发。