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2018-07-19Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/6023
Retrospective clinical case series study in 2017 identifies Plasmodium knowlesi as most frequent Plasmodium species in returning travellers from Thailand to Germany
dc.contributor.authorFroeschl, Guenter
dc.contributor.authorNothdurft, Hans Dieter
dc.contributor.authorvon Sonnenburg, Frank
dc.contributor.authorBretzel, Gisela
dc.contributor.authorPolanetz, Roman
dc.contributor.authorKroidl, Inge
dc.contributor.authorSeilmaier, Michael
dc.contributor.authorOrth, Hans Martin
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorKremsner, Peter
dc.contributor.authorVygen-Bonnet, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorPritsch, Michael
dc.contributor.authorHoelscher, Michael
dc.contributor.authorRothe, Camilla
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-28T10:04:05Z
dc.date.available2019-03-28T10:04:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-19none
dc.identifier.other10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.29.1700619
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/6058
dc.description.abstractFebrile illnesses are common in travellers returning from south-east Asia. However, malaria is a rare diagnosis in this population. A series of Plasmodium knowlesi infections was noted in German travellers returning from Thailand since 2012. Infectious disease and tropical medicine facilities registered by the German Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health were contacted in March 2017, and asked to report previous P. knowlesi cases. In addition, surveillance data from the Robert Koch-Institute were analysed. The facilities reported a total of six P. knowlesi-positive cases, all were returning travellers from Thailand. The P. knowlesi-positive cases made up 6/9 of all diagnosed malaria cases imported from Thailand in the time period 2012 to 2017. In 4/5 of cases where a malaria rapid diagnostic test had been applied it revealed a negative result. P. knowlesi is an important differential diagnosis in travellers returning from south-east Asia with itineraries that include Thailand. This study highlights the importance of this Plasmodium species in this patient subgroup. Whenever malaria is suspected in a returning traveller from Thailand, P. knowlesi should be taken into consideration and a differential PCR be executed as currently the unequivocal diagnosis of P. knowlesi is based on nuclear amplification techniques.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectGermanyeng
dc.subjectPlasmodium knowlesieng
dc.subjectThailandeng
dc.subjectmalariaeng
dc.subjectrapid diagnostic testeng
dc.subjecttraveleng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleRetrospective clinical case series study in 2017 identifies Plasmodium knowlesi as most frequent Plasmodium species in returning travellers from Thailand to Germanynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:0257-176904/6058-4
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/6023
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
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local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
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local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.29.1700619#html_fulltextnone
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameInstitut de Veille Sanitairenone
local.edoc.container-volume23none
local.edoc.container-issue29none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2018none
local.edoc.container-year2018none
local.edoc.container-firstpage1none
local.edoc.container-lastpage7none
local.edoc.rki-departmentInfektionsepidemiologienone
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