Cluster of imported vivax malaria in travelers returning from Peru.

dc.creatorWeitzel, Thomas
dc.creatorLabarca, Jaime
dc.creatorCortés, Claudia
dc.creatorRosas, Reinaldo
dc.creatorBalcells, Elvira
dc.creatorPerret, Cecilia
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-23T18:59:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-17T17:51:58Z
dc.date.available2016-05-23T18:59:45Z
dc.date.available2022-10-17T17:51:58Z
dc.date.created2016-05-23T18:59:45Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifierJournal of Travel Medicine, November 2015, vol.22, n°6, P. 415 - 418
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jtm.12234
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/317
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4422779
dc.description.abstractWe report a cluster of imported vivax malaria in three of five Chilean travelers returning from Peru in March 2015. The cluster highlights the high risk of malaria in the Loreto region in northern Peru, which includes popular destinations for international nature and adventure tourism. According to local surveillance data, Plasmodium vivax is predominating, but Plasmodium falciparum is also present, and the incidence of both species has increased during recent years. Travelers visiting this region should be counseled about the prevention of malaria and the options for chemoprophylaxis.
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherInternational Society of Travel Medicine.
dc.subjectMalaria
dc.subjectPerú
dc.subjectPlasmodium vivax
dc.subjectPlasmodium falciparum
dc.subjectTravelers
dc.titleCluster of imported vivax malaria in travelers returning from Peru.
dc.typeArtículo


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