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Unusual Transmission of<i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>, Bordeaux, France, 2009

Marc-Olivier Vareil, Olivier Tandonnet, Audrey Chemoul, Hervé Bogreau, Mélanie Saint-Léger, M Micheau, Pascal Millet, J.-L. Koeck, Alexandre Boyer, Christophe Rogier,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2011 · 17 citations · 6 references

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Plasmodium falciparum malaria is usually transmitted by mosquitoes. We report 2 cases in France transmitted by other modes: occupational blood exposure and blood transfusion. Even where malaria is not endemic, it should be considered as a cause of unexplained acute fever.

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