A Locally Acquired Falciparum Malaria via Nosocomial Transmission in Korea.
10.3347/kjp.2009.47.3.269
- Author:
Jung Yeon KIM
1
;
Jeong Su KIM
;
Mi Hyun PARK
;
Young A KANG
;
Jun Wook KWON
;
Shin Hyeong CHO
;
Byeong Chul LEE
;
Tong Soo KIM
;
Jong Koo LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Malaria and Parasitic Disease, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), Seoul 122-701, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Plasmodium falciparum;
malaria;
nosocomial transmission
- MeSH:
Africa;
Amino Acid Sequence;
Animals;
Cross Infection/parasitology/*transmission;
Fatal Outcome;
Humans;
Korea;
Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology/*transmission;
Male;
Merozoite Surface Protein 1/chemistry/genetics;
Middle Aged;
Molecular Sequence Data;
Plasmodium falciparum/chemistry/genetics/*isolation & purification;
Protozoan Proteins/chemistry/genetics;
Sequence Alignment;
Travel
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2009;47(3):269-273
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 57-year old man who was admitted to an emergency room of a tertiary hospital with hemoptysis developed malarial fever 19 days later and then died from severe falciparum malaria 2 days later. He had not traveled outside of Korea for over 30 years. Through intensive interviews and epidemiological surveys, we found that a foreign patient with a recent history of travel to Africa was transferred to the same hospital with severe falciparum malaria. We confirmed through molecular genotyping of the MSP-1 gene that Plasmodium falciparum genotypes of the 2 patients were identical. It is suggested that a breach of standard infection control precautions resulted in this P. falciparum transmission between 2 patients in a hospital environment. This is the first report of a nosocomial transmission of falciparum malaria in Korea.
