Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis
Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and P. ovale curtisi Infections and Diagnostic Approaches to Imported Malaria, France, 2013–2018
Table 1
Demographic and epidemiologic characteristics of patients infected with Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and P. ovale curtisi, France, January 2013–December 2018*
Characteristic | P. ovale curtisi, n = 309 | P. ovale wallikeri, n = 368 | p value |
---|---|---|---|
Age, y, median (IQR) |
31 (21–47) |
34 (21–47) |
0.973 |
Sex, % | 0.716 | ||
M | 63.4 | 61.4 | |
F |
36.6 |
38.6 |
|
Ethnicity | 0.502 | ||
Black | 200 (74.3) | 239 (75.7) | |
White | 64 (23.8) | 68 (21.5) | |
Asian | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | |
Other |
3 (1.2) |
8 (2.5) |
|
If African, place of birth | 0.420 | ||
Africa | 144 (83.2) | 164 (80) | |
Nonendemic country |
29 (16.8) |
41 (20) |
|
Type of patient | 0.192 | ||
Immigrant† | 23 (11.6) | 21 (8.6) | |
Traveler‡ | 137 (68.8) | 187 (77.3) | |
Visiting friends or relatives | 109 (79.6) | 152 (81.3) | |
Tourism | 6 (4.4) | 8 (4.3) | |
Work | 22 (16) | 27 (14.4) | |
Resident | 19 (9.5) | 20 (8.3) | |
Expatriate | 6 (38.6) | 10 (50) | |
Humanitarian | 13 (61.4) | 10 (50) | |
Military |
20 (10.1) |
14 (5.8) |
|
Duration of travel, d, median (IQR) |
58 (29–91) |
50 (24–91) |
0.106 |
Chemoprophylaxis | 0.882 | ||
Yes | 97 (40) | 123 (39.3) | |
Complete | 35 (44.9) | 42 (43.8) | |
Incomplete | 43 (55.1) | 54 (56.2) | |
Prematurely stopped | 26 (60.5) | 36 (66.7) | |
Occasionally taking | 17 (39.5) | 18 (33.3) | |
No data | 19 (NA) | 27 (NA) | |
No |
146 (60) |
190 (60.7) |
|
Using bed nets | 0.119 | ||
Yes | 48 (26.7) | 41 (20.2) | |
No | 130 (73.3) | 162 (79.8) |
*Values are no. (%) patients except as indicated. IQR, interquartile range; NA, not available. †A person who was born and lived in Africa. ‡A person who lived in a non–Plasmodium-endemic country.
1Additional members of the French National Reference Center for Imported Malaria Study Group who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.