A Locally Acquired Falciparum Malaria via Nosocomial Transmission in Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 269-273, 2009.
Article
Dans Anglais
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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 (Pacifique occidental)
Sujet Principal:
Plasmodium falciparum
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Voyage
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Données de séquences moléculaires
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Protéines de protozoaire
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Infection croisée
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Alignement de séquences
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Séquence d'acides aminés
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Paludisme à Plasmodium falciparum
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Issue fatale
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Protéine-1 de surface du mérozoïte
Limites du sujet:
Animaux
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Humains
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Mâle
Pays comme sujet:
Afrique
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Asie
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Année:
2009
Type:
Article
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