Case report: Imported Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria in a French tourist returning from Thailand

Abstract

We report a case of imported Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a French tourist following a vacation in Thailand. This case shows, first, tourists may contract knowlesi malaria even only staying on the beach and second, the diagnosis remains difficult, even with polymerase chain reaction methods. Copyright © 2011 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.