A Locally Acquired Falciparum Malaria via Nosocomial Transmission in Korea
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 269-273, 2009.
Artigo
em Inglês
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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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Assunto principal:
Plasmodium falciparum
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Viagem
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Dados de Sequência Molecular
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Proteínas de Protozoários
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Alinhamento de Sequência
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Sequência de Aminoácidos
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Malária Falciparum
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Evolução Fatal
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Proteína 1 de Superfície de Merozoito
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
África
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Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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