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An imported case of ovale malaria in Xinjiang during the epidemic period of COVID-19
Received date: 2021-12-21
Revised date: 2022-08-23
Online published: 2022-10-21
On December 13, 2020, Yutian County People’s hospital reported one imported malaria case in Hotan, Xinjiang. The patient had worked and lived in Yaounde, Cameroon, from January to September 2020. He was infected with malaria twice in March and May 2020. Antimalarial treatment was administrated by the team doctor for 2-3 days in each treatment. The treatment was stopped after the symptoms improved. The patient returned to China on September 16 and was hospitalized on December 13 due to a high fever of 39℃ and upper respiratory symptoms. Multiple detections of COVID-19 nucleic acid showed negative results. Peripheral blood from the patient was taken for Plasmodium rapid diagnostic test (RDT), which showed a positive result suggesting non Plasmodium falciparum infection. Ring stage P. ovale was found in the blood smear. Nested PCR showed positive for P. ovale. A diagnosis of imported ovale malaria was made. The patient was administrated with 4 dihydroartemisinin piperaquine tablets and 3 primaquine phosphate tablets daily. The malaria parasite test became negative after 8 days of treatment. The patient was followed up for 3 months after discharge and had no symptoms of chills or fever.
Key words： Ovale malaria; Imported Malaria; COVID-19 pandemic; Xinjiang
SHI Guang-zhong , ZHANG Hai-ting , WANG Shuo , HE Hai-bo , CHEN Xia , MAMATJAN Umar , YU Lin , AYIXIAMU Keyoumu , ZHAO Jiang-shan . An imported case of ovale malaria in Xinjiang during the epidemic period of COVID-19[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES, 2022 , 40(5) : 689 -691 . DOI: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2022.05.021
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