https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2380

A case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: the importance of an integrated diagnostics

Vol. 26 No. 2 (2011)
Submitted: 14 February 2014
Accepted: 14 February 2014
Published: 30 June 2011
P. falciparum, Thin blood smear, Immunochromatography assay
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Paola Notaris
paola.notaris@sanita.marche.it
Lorena Montevecchi
Ernesto Delprete
We report a case of Plasmodium falciparum in an Italian woman of thirty years old, back from Mozambico. The diagnostic suspect came from various factors: a recent stay in a country where the disease is endemic, fever and an inadeguate prophylaxis. The presence of Plasmodium falciparum in thin blood smear and in the immunochromatography assay positivity confirmed the diagnosis.

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Notaris, P., Montevecchi, L., & Delprete, E. (2011). A case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: the importance of an integrated diagnostics. Microbiologia Medica, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2380

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