Cluster of Imported Vivax Malaria in Travelers Returning From Peru.
We report a cluster of imported vivax malaria in three of five Chilean travelers returning from Peru in March 2015. The cluster highlights the high risk of malaria in the Loreto region in northern Peru, which includes popular destinations for international nature and adventure tourism. According to local surveillance data, Plasmodium vivax is predominating, but Plasmodium falciparum is also present, and the incidence of both species has increased during recent years. Travelers visiting this region should be counseled about the prevention of malaria and the options for chemoprophylaxis.
Programa Medicina del Viajero, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Santiago, Chile.|Laboratorio Clínico, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
Thomas
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9804-2123
T
Weitzel
Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Jaime
J
Labarca
Departamento de Infectología, Clínica Santa María, Santiago, Chile.|Departamento de Medicina, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Claudia P
CP
Cortes
Laboratorio Clínico, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
Reinaldo
R
Rosas
Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
M Elvira
ME
Balcells
Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Cecilia
C
Perret
D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010568:Peru; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult
D000962:Antimalarials; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase