Relapsing malaria infection in an adolescent following travel to Mozambique.
Infection with Plasmodium ovale is uncommon in travelers. We describe a case of ovale malaria in a traveler to Mozambique who initially presented several weeks after completion of his trip. Species identification was ultimately achieved with a PCR-based diagnostic method.
Oswald
Cameron B
CB
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA.
Summer
Andrea P
AP
Fischer
Philip R
PR
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009073:Mozambique; D041122:Plasmodium ovale / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012008:Recurrence; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States
D000962:Antimalarials