Plasmodium vivax malaria acquired in far north Queensland
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 166 (2) , 82-83
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138727.x
Abstract
In February 1996, vivax malaria was diagnosed in a man from a remote community in far north Queensland who had not visited a malarious area for the past 19 years. Microscopy and DNA studies of blood from other residents of the community did not identify a source of infection. It was suspected the infection was transmitted by mosquitoes from a neighbour who had been infected in Papua New Guinea, but whose blood was not available for DNA tests.Keywords
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