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. 2013 May 2:4:3.
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10894616. eCollection 2013.

Peculiarities of a malaria case imported from Myanmar to Moscow (Russian Federation)

Anatoly Kondrashin  1 , Susanna Rabinovich  1 , Vladimir Sergiev  1 , Anatoly Tokmalaev  2
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Peculiarities of a malaria case imported from Myanmar to Moscow (Russian Federation)

Anatoly Kondrashin et al. Malariaworld J. .

Abstract

An imported case of presumably Chesson strain Plasmodium vivax from Myanmar to Moscow is presented. In the absence of radical treatment with primaquine the patient experienced a series of 5 subsequent relapses after treatment with Delagil (chloroquine). The period between relapses ranged from 47-61 days. It is concluded that importation of Chesson-like strains with high relapse frequencies, in conjunction with their relative tolerance to primaquine and the absence of adequate treatment with this drug, might result in the re-establishment of local transmission in areas free of malaria but with high receptivity.

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