Plasmodium knowlesi infection imported to Germany, January 2013

Hans Martin Orth; Björn‐Erik Ole Jensen; Martha Holtfreter; Sunil José Kocheril; Sebastian Mallach; Colin R. MacKenzie; Irmela Müller‐Stöver; Birgit Henrich; Mallika Imwong; Sir Nicholas White; Dieter Häussinger; Joachim Richter

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.40.20603

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Plasmodium knowlesi was known as a plasmodium of macaques until P. knowlesi transmission to humans was recognised in Borneo and later throughout South-East Asia. We describe here a case of a P. knowlesi infection imported to Germany from Thailand. The patient had not taken antimalarial chemoprophylaxis and suffered from daily fever attacks. Microscopy revealed trophozoites and gametocytes resembling P. malariae. P. knowlesi malaria was confirmed by PCR.

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