A locally acquired falciparum malaria via nosocomial transmission in Korea.
Korean J Parasitol
; 47(3): 269-73, 2009 Sep.
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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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Plasmodium falciparum
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Malária Falciparum
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Asia
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En
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2009
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Article