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

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

doi:10.3201/eid3101.241491

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

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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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	178-180
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3101.241491
State	Published - Jan 2025

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Infectious Diseases

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