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Two cases of airport-associated falciparum malaria in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October 2019
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsTimo WolfTimo.Wolf kgu.de
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Citation style for this article: . Two cases of airport-associated falciparum malaria in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October 2019. Euro Surveill. 2019;24(49):pii=1900691. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.49.1900691 Received: 12 Nov 2019; Accepted: 05 Dec 2019
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Abstract
Two cases of presumably airport-acquired falciparum malaria were diagnosed in Frankfurt in October 2019. They were associated with occupation at the airport, and Plasmodium falciparum parasites from their blood showed genetically identical microsatellite and allele patterns. Both had severe malaria. It took more than a week before the diagnosis was made. If symptoms are indicative and there is a plausible exposure, malaria should be considered even if patients have not travelled to an endemic area.
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