Indigenous Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Queens, NY

doi:10.1001/archinte.1995.00430100135016

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Indigenous Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Queens, NY

Shaheda A. Iftikhar, MD; Kenneth Roistacher, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1995;155(10):1099-1101.

Abstract

Cryptic/sporadic malaria is rare in the United States. We describea patient who developed malaria in New York City without anyknown contact with, or travel to, a malaria-endemic area. Thepatient presented with symptoms of gastroenteritis. Later, shedeveloped hemolysis and hepatosplenomegaly, and Plasmodium falciparumwas found in blood smears. Possible sources of malaria couldbe an indigenous infected mosquito or a transported infectedmosquito from a local international airport.

(Arch Intern Med. 1995;155:1099-1101)

Author Affiliations

From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens Inc (Dr Iftikhar); and Mary Immaculate Hospital (Dr Roistacher), Jamaica, NY.

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