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Two cases of airport-associated falciparum malaria in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October 2019.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 1 Dec 2019
Wieters Imke, Eisermann Philip, Borgans Frauke, Giesbrecht Katharina, Goetsch Udo, Just-Nübling Gudrun, Kessel Johanna, Lieberknecht Simone, Muntau Birgit, Tappe Dennis, Schork Joscha, Wolf Timo
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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...
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