TY - JOUR AU - D’Ortenzio, Eric AU - Godineau, Nadine AU - Fontanet, Arnaud AU - Houze, Sandrine AU - Bouchaud, Olivier AU - Matheron, Sophie AU - Le Bras, Jacques T1 - Prolonged Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Immigrants, Paris T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 323 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Few immigrant travelers have Plasmodium falciparum infections >2 months after leaving malaria-endemic areas. We conducted a case–control study to identify factors associated with prolonged P. falciparum infection in immigrant travelers. Results suggest that P. falciparum infection should be systematically suspected, even months after travel, especially in pregnant women and first-arrival immigrants. KW - Plasmodium falciparum KW - imported malaria KW - prolonged infection KW - traveler KW - immigrant KW - pregnancy KW - mefloquine KW - transfusion risk KW - dispatch KW - France DO - 10.3201/eid1402.061475 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/2/06-1475_article ER - End of Reference