Publications by authors named "Longcan Zhou"

Background: Imported cerebral malaria (CM) cases in non-endemic areas are often misdiagnosed, which delays treatment. Post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS) after recovery from severe malaria can also complicate diagnosis.

Case: We report an imported malaria case from West Africa with two sequential episodes with neurological syndromes within about a month.

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Drug resistance in compromises the effectiveness of antimalarial therapy. This study aimed to evaluate the extent of drug resistance in parasites obtained from international travelers returning from Ghana to guide the management of malaria cases. Eighty-two clinical parasite isolates were obtained from patients returning from Ghana in 2016-2018, of which 29 were adapted to continuous culture.

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