Malaria Diagnosed by Autopsy in a Young Traveler Returning From Uganda: Limitations of Surveillance

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• Alternative Title:
  J Travel Med
• Personal Author:
  Taylor, Christopher A. ; Blau, Dianna M. ; DiAngelo, Constance R. ; Shieh, Wun-Ju ; Zaki, Sherif R. ; Arguin, Paul M.
• Description:
  Fatal infectious disease acquired during international travel is less likely to be captured through existing surveillance when diagnosis is delayed or missed, especially as autopsy rates decline. Death of a young girl owing to malaria demonstrates needs for increased examination of travel-related deaths through postmortem investigation, autopsy, and expanded surveillance.
• Subjects:
  Autopsy Child, Preschool Consultants Diagnosis Diagnostic Errors Fatal Outcome Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Services Needs And Demand Humans Immunohistochemistry Malaria, Falciparum Plasmodium Falciparum Travel

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• Source:
  J Travel Med. 20(1):47-49.
• Pubmed ID:
  23279231
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4674784
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Uganda ; United States
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0870a8d7a9c1dc2c5e339f5430432acf1f682965ae95532e81e9f85d249caf31
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36788/cdc_36788_DS1.pdf
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