Malaria following a blood exposure accident: about a case

Each year, hundreds of cases of malaria are reported in Morocco and occur after anopheles in patients who have stayed in endemic areas, but transmission following an accident of exposure to blood is rare or exceptional, only about 20 cases are published. We report a case of malaria in a nursing staf...

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Published inAnnales de biologie clinique (Paris) Vol. 75; no. 4; p. 455
Main Authors Miloudi, Mouhcine, Adioui, Tarik, Sbaai, Mohammed, Fatihi, Jamal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published France 01.08.2017
Subjects
Accidents, Occupational
Adult
Cote d'Ivoire
Humans
Malaria - diagnosis
Malaria - transmission
Male
Military Facilities
Morocco
Needlestick Injuries - diagnosis
Needlestick Injuries - parasitology
Nurses' Aides
Occupational Diseases - diagnosis
Travel
malaria
blood exposure accidents
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Summary:Each year, hundreds of cases of malaria are reported in Morocco and occur after anopheles in patients who have stayed in endemic areas, but transmission following an accident of exposure to blood is rare or exceptional, only about 20 cases are published. We report a case of malaria in a nursing staff following an accidental sting with a catheter needle.
ISSN:1950-6112
DOI:10.1684/abc.2017.1256