Abstract
We report a case of falciparum malaria in a traveler 9 days after successful treatment of ovale malaria. The underlying, cryptic mixed-species infection was primarily undetectable with standard laboratory diagnostics. This case highlights the limitations of these tests and the unpredictability of typical incubation periods in the individual case.
© 2012 International Society of Travel Medicine.
MeSH terms
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Antimalarials / administration & dosage
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Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination
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Artemisinins / administration & dosage*
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Chloroquine / administration & dosage*
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Chromatography, Affinity / methods
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Coinfection* / blood
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Coinfection* / drug therapy
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Coinfection* / parasitology
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Coinfection* / physiopathology
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Drug Combinations
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Drug Substitution / methods
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Ethanolamines / administration & dosage*
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Fluorenes / administration & dosage*
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Germany
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Humans
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Infectious Disease Incubation Period
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Malaria* / blood
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Malaria* / drug therapy
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Malaria* / parasitology
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Malaria* / physiopathology
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Male
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Microscopy / methods
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Middle Aged
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Nigeria
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Parasitemia / diagnosis
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Plasmodium falciparum* / drug effects
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Plasmodium falciparum* / isolation & purification
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Plasmodium ovale* / drug effects
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Plasmodium ovale* / isolation & purification
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Primaquine / administration & dosage*
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Travel*
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Antimalarials
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Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination
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Artemisinins
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Drug Combinations
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Ethanolamines
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Fluorenes
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Chloroquine
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Primaquine