Delayed clinical presentation of Plasmodium falciparum malaria after leaving an endemic area: a tale of two patients

J Travel Med. 2020 Sep 26;27(6):taaa092. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa092.

Abstract

Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) may be missed if patients present with symptoms outside of the expected incubation period. We describe two patients who developed Pf malaria more than one year after visiting malaria-endemic countries. Both worked at an international airport, but no source of infection was identified.

Keywords: Plasmodium falciparum; airport; late-onset; malaria; recrudescence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum* / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Falciparum* / epidemiology
  • Plasmodium falciparum