[P. falciparum malaria related with travel: four cases]

Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2013;37(3):225-8. doi: 10.5152/tpd.2013.51.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Malaria is still an important public health problem in the world. Although the number of malaria cases in Turkey has been declining in recent years, the febrile patients with a history of travel to the endemic regions should raise the suspicion of malaria. P. vivax is the most common cause of malaria in Turkey; and those caused by other Plasmodium spp. are imported cases. Since P. falciparum malaria may cause fatal complications, urgent therapy is necessary. We hereby report four falciparum malaria cases with a history of travel to Sudan and Uganda.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fever
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sudan
  • Travel*
  • Turkey / epidemiology
  • Uganda