Prolonged Plasmodium falciparum infection in immigrants, Paris

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Feb;14(2):323-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1402.061475.

Abstract

Few immigrant travelers have Plasmodium falciparum infections >2 months after leaving malaria-endemic areas. We conducted a case-control study to identify factors associated with prolonged P. falciparum infection in immigrant travelers. Results suggest that P. falciparum infection should be systematically suspected, even months after travel, especially in pregnant women and first-arrival immigrants.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Emigration and Immigration*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Logistic Models
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Mefloquine / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Paris / epidemiology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / epidemiology*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / parasitology
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Travel

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Mefloquine