A Locally Acquired Falciparum Malaria via Nosocomial Transmission in Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 269-273, 2009.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-191535
ABSTRACT
A 57-year old man who was admitted to an emergency room of a tertiary hospital with hemoptysis developed malarial fever 19 days later and then died from severe falciparum malaria 2 days later. He had not traveled outside of Korea for over 30 years. Through intensive interviews and epidemiological surveys, we found that a foreign patient with a recent history of travel to Africa was transferred to the same hospital with severe falciparum malaria. We confirmed through molecular genotyping of the MSP-1 gene that Plasmodium falciparum genotypes of the 2 patients were identical. It is suggested that a breach of standard infection control precautions resulted in this P. falciparum transmission between 2 patients in a hospital environment. This is the first report of a nosocomial transmission of falciparum malaria in Korea.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Plasmodium falciparum
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Travel
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Protozoan Proteins
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Cross Infection
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Sequence Alignment
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Malaria, Falciparum
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Fatal Outcome
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Merozoite Surface Protein 1
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
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Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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