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Febrile illnesses are common in travellers returning from south-east Asia. However, malaria is a rare diagnosis in this population. A series of 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 cases. In addition, surveillance data from the Robert Koch-Institute were analysed. The facilities reported a total of six -positive cases, all were returning travellers from Thailand. The -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. is an important differential diagnosis in travellers returning from south-east Asia with itineraries that include Thailand. This study highlights the importance of this species in this patient subgroup. Whenever malaria is suspected in a returning traveller from Thailand, should be taken into consideration and a differential PCR be executed as currently the unequivocal diagnosis of is based on nuclear amplification techniques.

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Retrospective clinical case series study in 2017 identifies Plasmodium knowlesi as most frequent Plasmodium species in returning travellers from Thailand to Germany
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Guenter+Froeschl&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Froeschl Guenter</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hans+Dieter+Nothdurft&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nothdurft Hans Dieter</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Frank+von+Sonnenburg&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">von Sonnenburg Frank</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gisela+Bretzel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bretzel Gisela</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Roman+Polanetz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Polanetz Roman</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Inge+Kroidl&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kroidl Inge</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+Seilmaier&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Seilmaier Michael</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hans+Martin+Orth&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Orth Hans Martin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sabine+Jordan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jordan Sabine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Peter+Kremsner&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kremsner Peter</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sabine+Vygen-Bonnet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vygen-Bonnet Sabine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+Pritsch&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pritsch Michael</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+Hoelscher&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hoelscher Michael</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Camilla+Rothe&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rothe Camilla</a></span>. Retrospective clinical case series study in 2017 identifies Plasmodium knowlesi as most frequent Plasmodium species in returning travellers from Thailand to Germany. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(29):pii=1700619. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.29.1700619" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.29.1700619</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 08 Sept 2017;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 13 Apr 2018 </span> </p>
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