Two Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Cases in Şanlıurfa

In a 2017 data of World Health Organisation, malaria is still an important medical health care problem by threatening 217 million people and causing 435 thousand deaths. In our country, as a result of successful eradication programmes, any domestic cases were not encountered; however, approximately...

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Main Authors: Koray Öncel, Ahmet Şahin, Fatih Esmer
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2021-06-01
Series:Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi
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Online Access: http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/two-mported-iplasmodium-falciparum-i-malaria-cases/47624
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description In a 2017 data of World Health Organisation, malaria is still an important medical health care problem by threatening 217 million people and causing 435 thousand deaths. In our country, as a result of successful eradication programmes, any domestic cases were not encountered; however, approximately 200 import cases were seen each year from 2013 to 2017. This study aimed to create awareness for cases caused by P. falciparum that are increasingly seen in rare import cases, which displays more severe clinical course than other Plasmodium species.
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spelling doaj.art-ed044388c6ea429db2d1a931749f5d422023-02-15T16:13:22ZengGalenos YayineviTürkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi2146-30772146-30772021-06-0145215315610.4274/tpd.galenos.2021.666913049054Two Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Cases in ŞanlıurfaKoray Öncel0Ahmet Şahin1Fatih Esmer2 Mehmet Akif İnan Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye Mehmet Akif İnan Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Kliniği, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye Mehmet Akif İnan Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Kliniği, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye In a 2017 data of World Health Organisation, malaria is still an important medical health care problem by threatening 217 million people and causing 435 thousand deaths. In our country, as a result of successful eradication programmes, any domestic cases were not encountered; however, approximately 200 import cases were seen each year from 2013 to 2017. This study aimed to create awareness for cases caused by P. falciparum that are increasingly seen in rare import cases, which displays more severe clinical course than other Plasmodium species. http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/two-mported-iplasmodium-falciparum-i-malaria-cases/47624 malariaplasmodium falciparumimported
spellingShingle Koray Öncel
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malaria
plasmodium falciparum
imported
title Two Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Cases in Şanlıurfa
title_full Two Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Cases in Şanlıurfa
title_fullStr Two Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Cases in Şanlıurfa
title_full_unstemmed Two Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Cases in Şanlıurfa
title_short Two Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Cases in Şanlıurfa
title_sort two imported plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in sanliurfa
topic malaria
plasmodium falciparum
imported
url http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/two-mported-iplasmodium-falciparum-i-malaria-cases/47624
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