Unpleasant Souvenir: Imported < em > Plasmodium falciparum < /em > Malaria in T ürkiye

CONCLUSION: Turkey is situated on migration routes that connect two continents to Europe, where more than 95% of the global malaria burden exists. The importation of malaria through returned travelers poses a risk of malaria reintroduction in our country, given the presence of suitable vectors, climate conditions, and environmental factors. Importantly, 30 patients (22.9%) exhibited gametocyte forms of P. falciparum, which have the potential to infect Anopheles species, thus establishing a basis for local malaria transmission.PMID:38149439 | DOI:10.4274/tpd.galenos.2023.99815
Source: Turkish Society for Parasitology - Category: Parasitology Authors: Source Type: research