Imported Malaria in an Iraqi Immigrant to Iran: Relevance for the Maintenance of Elimination Status
Novelty in Biomedicine,
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020),
14 June 2020
,
Page 98-100
https://doi.org/10.22037/nbm.v1i1.27364
Abstract
Background: Effective malaria control strategies require an accurate understanding of the epidemiology of locally transmitted Plasmodium species. Emerging evidence indicates that migrants from malaria endemic regions are at risk of delayed presentation of Plasmodium spp. and malaria infection.Cases Report: We reported a case of P. vivax malaria occurring after arrival in Iran. Patient was originally from Iraq. A 48-year-old male patient who was hospitalized with fever attacks, chills, and headache after arriving from Iraq to Tehran.
Conclusion: In this patient, new prevention and screening strategies should be studied and blood safety policies adapted. Thus, ultimate elimination of malaria in Iran will require national malaria control program to adopt policy and practice aimed at all human species of malaria since neighbor country are still face to problem to control of malaria.
- Immigration
- Imported malaria
- Plasmodium vivax
- Traveler
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