Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Mahidol Vivax Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Dec;101(6):1397-1401. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0063.
Although human infections of have been found throughout Southeast Asia, most cases originated from Malaysian Borneo. In Thailand, malaria was considered extremely rare. However, during October 2017-September 2018, there was a surge in the number of reported cases. Here, a series of six cases of malaria found during this period in Songkhla and Narathiwat provinces of southern Thailand are presented. All cases were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. The unprecedented case number in the affected area is a warning sign of an increasing burden in the south of Thailand.
虽然已在整个东南亚发现人类感染疟原虫的病例,但大多数病例源自马来西亚婆罗洲。在泰国,疟疾被认为极为罕见。然而,2017 年 10 月至 2018 年 9 月期间,报告的疟疾病例数量激增。本文介绍了在此期间在泰国南部宋卡府和那拉提瓦府发现的一系列 6 例疟原虫感染病例。所有病例均通过聚合酶链反应得到确认。在受影响地区,前所未有的病例数量是泰国南部疟疾病负担不断增加的一个警示信号。