TY - JOUR AU - Shahinas, Dea AU - Lau, Rachel AU - Khairnar, Krishna AU - Hancock, David AU - Pillai, Dylan R. T1 - Artesunate Misuse and Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Traveler Returning from Africa T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 10 SP - 1608 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Plasmodium falciparum malaria developed in an African-born traveler who returned to Canada after visiting Nigeria. While there, she took artesunate prophylactically. Isolates had an elevated 50% inhibitory concentration to artemisinin, artesunate, and artemether, compared with that of other African isolates. Inappropriate use of artemisinin derivatives can reduce P. falciparum susceptibility. KW - Malaria KW - Plasmodium falciparum KW - parasites KW - artemisinin KW - travel KW - Africa KW - dispatch KW - Canada KW - Nigeria DO - 10.3201/eid1610.100427 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/10/10-0427_article ER - End of Reference