{"title":"A Short Communication: An Imported Case of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Infection from Ivory Coast leave to Iran","authors":"M.R. Shiee, M. Kalae, M. Arbabi, H. Hooshyar","doi":"10.4314/njpar.v44i2.23","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Malaria is the most common cause of fever in travellers returning from malaria-endemic areas. Imported malaria can hinder the progress of elimination programs. In the present study, we describe an imported malaria case in a 45-year-old Iranian man from Ivory Coast who had returned to Iran after taking annual leave. He was hospitalized in Kamkar-Arabnia Hospital, Qom, central Iran, in January 2023. Symptoms were fever, chills, sweating, cough, myalgia, sweating, anorexia, diarrhoea, and headache. Rapid detection test and blood smears were positive for Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte. The patient was treated with an antimalarial drug and discharged from the hospital with normal vital signs. Health education is recommended for people before leaving and screening after returning from travel. In addition, using RDT tests for screening people who return to the country is suggested to health staff and organizations. ","PeriodicalId":19206,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Parasitology","volume":"19 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nigerian Journal of Parasitology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4314/njpar.v44i2.23","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Immunology and Microbiology","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Malaria is the most common cause of fever in travellers returning from malaria-endemic areas. Imported malaria can hinder the progress of elimination programs. In the present study, we describe an imported malaria case in a 45-year-old Iranian man from Ivory Coast who had returned to Iran after taking annual leave. He was hospitalized in Kamkar-Arabnia Hospital, Qom, central Iran, in January 2023. Symptoms were fever, chills, sweating, cough, myalgia, sweating, anorexia, diarrhoea, and headache. Rapid detection test and blood smears were positive for Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte. The patient was treated with an antimalarial drug and discharged from the hospital with normal vital signs. Health education is recommended for people before leaving and screening after returning from travel. In addition, using RDT tests for screening people who return to the country is suggested to health staff and organizations.
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