We report a case of imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist following a vacation in Thailand. This case shows, first, tourists may contract knowlesi malaria even only staying on the beach and second, the diagnosis remains difficult, even with polymerase chain reaction methods.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0622 | DOI Listing |
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