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Unusual Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum, Bordeaux, France, 2009
Marc-Olivier Vareil, Olivier Tandonnet, Audrey Chemoul, Hervé Bogreau, Mélanie Saint-Léger, Maguy Micheau, Pascal Millet, Jean-Louis Koeck, Alexandre Boyer, Christophe Rogier, and Denis Malvy

Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France (M.-O. Vareil, M. Saint-Léger, A. Boyer); Hôpital d'Enfants, Bordeaux (O. Tandonnet, M. Micheau); Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées, Bordeaux (A. Chemoul, J.-L. Koeck); Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Marseille, France (H. Bogreau, C. Rogier); Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux (P. Millet, D. Malvy); and Centre Hospitalier St-André, Bordeaux (D. Malvy)

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Abstract
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.

Unusual forms of parasitic infection, such as those acquired by blood transfusion (1,2) or accidental exposure to infected blood (3), may be challenging to diagnose in areas where these infections are not endemic (4). We report 2 cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmitted by routes other than mosquito vectors: occupational blood exposure and blood transfusion.

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Suggested citation for this article: Vareil M-O, Tandonnet O, Chemoul A, Bogreau H, Saint-Léger M, Micheau M, et al. Unusual transmission of Plasmodium falciparum, Bordeaux, France, 2009. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Feb [date cited].
http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/17/2/248.htm

DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.100595


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Denis Malvy, Travel Clinics and Division of Tropical Medicine and Imported Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Pôle Médecine-Urgences, Hôpital St-André, CHU, 1 Rue Jean-Burguet, 33075 Bordeaux Cedex, France; email: denis.malvy@chu-bordeaux.fr