[A native mixed Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria case molecularly proven after 22 years in Manisa, Turkey].

[A native mixed Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria case molecularly proven after 22 years in Manisa, Turkey]. Mikrobiyol Bul. 2019 Apr;53(2):239-244 Authors: Ok ÜZ, Çavuş İ, Sıdal U, Limoncu E, Özbilgin A Abstract Plasmodium falciparum malaria causes about 450.000 deaths every year, mostly in children around the world. The infection is seen in cases coming from abroad and may lead to deaths in Turkey. Many native P.falciparum malaria cases and deaths due to this infection were observed in Turkey during mid 1900's when malaria was epidemic. But only two native cases were reported in the last 50 years, both from Manisa. First case was a one-year old baby who has come to Manisa from Urfa with his family and has never been abroad. He has diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria and treated with chloroquine and primaquine. A previously obtained thin blood film was examined and characteristic P.falciparum rings in red blood cells were observed and the case was published together with photographs as probable P.falciparum and P.vivax mixed infection. After this case, microscopists working in Malaria Control Unit of Manisa were informed about the differentiation of malaria species in thin blood samples. Soon afterward, another case who have never been abroad before were also diagnosed with P.falciparum and P.vivax mixed infection and this case was also published with photographs taken from thin blood samples. As molecular...
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