TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatal Mixed Plasmodium Infection in Traveler Returning to Colombia from Comoros Islands, 2024
AU - Medina-Lozano, Leidy J.
AU - Lozano, Sergio Andrés Bolívar
AU - Guavita, Carolina
AU - Camargo, Milena
AU - Patiño, Luz Helena
AU - Ramírez, Juan David
AU - Gutiérrez-González, Diana Carolina
AU - Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025/1
Y1 - 2025/1
N2 - 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 Plasmodium spp. in sub- Saharan Africa.
AB - 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 Plasmodium spp. in sub- Saharan Africa.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid3101.241491
DO - 10.3201/eid3101.241491
M3 - Research Article
C2 - 39566888
AN - SCOPUS:85213019201
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 31
SP - 178
EP - 180
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 1
ER -
