Fatal Mixed Plasmodium Infection in Traveler Returning to Colombia from Comoros Islands, 2024

Fatal Mixed Plasmodium Infection in Traveler Returning to Colombia from Comoros Islands, 2024

During 2014–2022, only Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases were reported in the Comoro Islands. We report a fatal case of mixed Plasmodium malaria infection in a traveler returning from the Comoros to Colombia in 2024, highlighting the need to strengthen laboratory detection and identification of P...

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Main Authors: Leidy J. Medina-Lozano, Sergio Andrés Bolívar Lozano, Carolina Guavita, Milena Camargo, Luz Helena Patiño, Juan David Ramírez, Diana Carolina Gutiérrez-González, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez
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Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Malaria
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium falciparum
travel-related illness
parasites
Comoros
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/1/24-1491_article
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