Plasmodium vivax malaria acquired in far north Queensland.
In February 1996, vivax malaria was diagnosed in a man from a remote community in far north Queensland who had not visited a malarious area for the past 19 years. Microscopy and DNA studies of blood from other residents of the community did not identify a source of infection. It was suspected the infection was transmitted by mosquitoes from a neighbour who had been infected in Papua New Guinea, but whose blood was not available for DNA tests.
Brookes
D L
DL
Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns, QLD. troppub@citec.qld.gov.au
Ritchie
S A
SA
van den Hurk
A F
AF
Fielding
J R
JR
Loewenthal
M R
MR
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D011793:Queensland