Ullah Muhammad Muqeet, Al Balushi Ahmed Yar Mohammed Dawood, Al Aliyani Nader Rahid Salim, Kalarikkal Biju, Miranda Reeher Ian C, Sherif Sherif Mohamed, Al Habsi Ahmed Salim Mubarak, Al Saidi Eman Khalfan, Anver Adil, Qassem Nouraldeen Hasan
Directorate of Disease Surveillance and Control, Directorate General of Health Services, Al Buraimi Governorate, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman.
Infect Dis Rep. 2020 Apr 16;12(1):8304. doi: 10.4081/idr.2020.8304. eCollection 2020 Feb 25.
Malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF) are endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Ninety-two percent (200 million) of malaria cases in 2017 were detected in the WHO African Region. This accounts for approximately 30% of the global burden of LF disease and includes 405.9 million people at risk in 39 out of 46 member countries. species of mosquitoes transmit in most parts of Africa. Our case of a 23-year-old Nigerian woman highlights incidental laboratory findings showing the first malaria/filariasis coinfection in the governorate (province). This coinfection was ascertained during the usual medical screening before recruitment in Oman, which is routinely conducted for every expatriate.
疟疾和淋巴丝虫病（LF）在撒哈拉以南非洲、亚洲以及中美洲和南美洲的热带和亚热带地区流行。2017年，92%（2亿）的疟疾病例在世界卫生组织非洲区域被发现。这约占全球淋巴丝虫病负担的30%，包括46个成员国中39个国家的4.059亿人面临感染风险。在非洲大部分地区， 种类的蚊子传播 。我们报告的一例23岁尼日利亚女性病例突出了偶然的实验室检查结果，显示该省（州）首次出现疟疾/丝虫病合并感染。这种合并感染是在阿曼招募前的常规医学筛查中确定的，阿曼对每位外籍人员都进行例行筛查。
