{"title":"Occupationally Acquired P. Falciparum Malaria","authors":"A. Mickienė, Indre Jonikaite, Jolita Pakalnienė","doi":"10.4172/2332-0877.1000352","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Although low, the risk of occupational malaria does exist. This report describes a rare case of occupational malaria in a non-endemic area with a favorable outcome despite the delayed diagnosis and calls for further research in the field of malaria post-exposure prophylaxis following accidental exposure to biological fluids.","PeriodicalId":73792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of infectious disease and therapy","volume":"6 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4172/2332-0877.1000352","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of infectious disease and therapy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4172/2332-0877.1000352","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Although low, the risk of occupational malaria does exist. This report describes a rare case of occupational malaria in a non-endemic area with a favorable outcome despite the delayed diagnosis and calls for further research in the field of malaria post-exposure prophylaxis following accidental exposure to biological fluids.