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A case of quadruple malaria infection imported from Mozambique to Japan.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jun 2014
Oki Masayuki, Asai Satomi, Saito-Nakano Yumiko, Nakayama Taira, Tanaka Yumiko, Tachibana Hiroshi, Ohmae Hiroshi, Nozaki Tomoyoshi, Miyachi Hayato
Abstract excerpt
A 35-year-old Japanese man had an intermittent fever and mild headache for eight weeks after he returned to Japan from working in Mozambique. He had taken antimalarial prophylaxis (doxycycline) for 25 weeks, and stopped taking this drug two weeks after his return. Microscopic examination of a peripheral blood smear showed a mixed infection with Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum, and P. ovale. In addition, a nested...
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