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Florescu SA, Popescu CP, Calistru P, Ceausu E, Nica M, Toderan A, Zaharia M, Parola P. Plasmodium vivax malaria in a Romanian traveller returning from Greece, August 2011. Euro Surveill 2011. [DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.35.19954-en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
In August 2011, a Plasmodium vivax malaria infection was diagnosed in a Romanian traveller returning from Greece. This case together with several reports over the past decade of autochthonous cases in Greece highlight that malaria should be considered as differential diagnosis in symptomatic travellers returning from this country. Travellers may serve as sentinels of emerging vector-borne diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- S A Florescu
- ‘Dr Victor Babes’ Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
- ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- EuroTravNet, European Travel and Tropical Medicine Network, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
- ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
- ‘Dr Victor Babes’ Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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- ‘Dr Victor Babes’ Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
- ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
- ‘Dr Victor Babes’ Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
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- ‘Dr Victor Babes’ Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania
- ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
- GeoSentinel, the Global Surveillance Network of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- EuroTravNet, European Travel and Tropical Medicine Network, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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Florescu SA, Popescu CP, Calistru P, Ceausu E, Nica M, Toderan A, Zaharia M, Parola P. Plasmodium vivax malaria in a Romanian traveller returning from Greece, August 2011. Euro Surveill 2011; 16:19954. [PMID: 21903043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
Abstract
In August 2011, a Plasmodium vivax malaria infection was diagnosed in a Romanian traveller returning from Greece. This case together with several reports over the past decade of autochthonous cases in Greece highlight that malaria should be considered as differential diagnosis in symptomatic travellers returning from this country. Travellers may serve as sentinels of emerging vector-borne diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- S A Florescu
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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