Plasmodium ovale malaria acquired in central Spain.
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.
Cuadros
Juan
J
Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. jcuadros@efd.net
Calvente
Maria José
MJ
Benito
Agustin
A
Arévalo
Juan
J
Calero
Maria Angeles
MA
Segura
Javier
J
Rubio
Jose Miguel
JM
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
D000962:Antimalarials; D011319:Primaquine