title: Plasmodium ovale malaria acquired in central Spain.
abstract: We describe a case of locally acquired Plasmodium ovale malaria in Spain. The patient was a Spanish woman who had never traveled out of Spain and had no other risk factors for malaria. Because patients with malaria may never have visited endemic areas, occasional transmission of malaria to European hosts is a diagnostic and clinical challenge.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. jcuadros@efd.net
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cuadros
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Calvente
authors.forename: Agustin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benito
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arévalo
authors.forename: Maria Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Calero
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Segura
authors.forename: Jose Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rubio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D041122:Plasmodium ovale; D011319:Primaquine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D011319:Primaquine