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Healthcare-Associated Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in New York City

Authors :
Joan Whitehouse
Eleanor Adams
Susan Madison-Antenucci
Waheed I. Bajwa
Lillian V. Lee
Don Weiss
Emily Lutterloh
Joel Ackelsberg
John W. Barnwell
Ellen H. Lee
Ernest J. Clement
Lucretia Jones
Source :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 37(1)
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

A patient with no risk factors for malaria was hospitalized in New York City with Plasmodium falciparum infection. After investigating all potential sources of infection, we concluded the patient had been exposed to malaria while hospitalized less than 3 weeks earlier. Molecular genotyping implicated patient-to-patient transmission in a hospital setting.Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;37(1):113–115

Details

ISSN :
15596834
Volume :
37
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c1fffa0737b366a486a0d045631681d7