Fatal Mixed Plasmodium Infection in Traveler Returning to Colombia from Comoros Islands, 2024 Academic Article

abstract

  • During 2014-2022, only Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases were reported in the Comoro Islands. We report a fatal case of mixed Plasmodium malaria infection in a traveler returning from the Comoros to Colombia in 2024, highlighting the need to strengthen laboratory detection and identification of Plasmodium spp. in sub- Saharan Africa.

publication date

  • 2025-1-1

edition

  • 31

number of pages

  • 3

start page

  • 178

end page

  • 180