Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Sep;89(3):527-30. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0213. Epub 2013 Jul 15.
Recently, two patients of African origin were given a diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria without recent travel to a malaria-endemic country. This observation highlights the importance for clinicians to consider tropical malaria in patients with fever. Possible transmission routes of P. falciparum to these patients will be discussed. From a public health perspective, international collaboration is crucial when potential cases of European autochthonous P. falciparum malaria in Europe re considered.
最近,两名非裔患者被诊断患有恶性疟原虫疟疾,但近期并未前往疟疾流行国家。这一观察结果强调了临床医生在发热患者中考虑热带疟疾的重要性。将讨论这些患者中恶性疟原虫可能的传播途径。从公共卫生的角度来看,当考虑到欧洲潜在的欧洲本土恶性疟原虫疟疾病例时,国际合作至关重要。