Background:Plasmodium falciparum malaria is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is not endemic to Northeastern Iraq, and also in Kurdistan province of iran and borderline between them. , and reported cases in this area almost exclusively in travelers returning from malaria-endemic areas. Imported P. falciparum malaria cases and occurrences of An. maculipennis s.l in this area s most important to malaria transmission.
Iran and
Iraq are categorized in the elimination phase and malaria-free countries by World Health Organization respectively.Objectives: The aim is to prevention of death, neurological deficits of cerebral malaria, and cut of its probable transmission in border line
Iran and Iraq,where Anopheles maculipennis was found the main vector followed by An.superpictus.Materialsand Methods: We describe one patient who resident in
Iraq and had a visit to a malaria- endemic area, South Africa for migration. He had P. falciparum malaria shortly after returning from South Africa formed consent was obtained from the patients for present of this report. The confirmations of malaria cases and treatment were performed by collaboration teams of Solimaneyeh Hospital of
Iraq and Marivan health center of IranResults: A 31-year-old man from Solimaneyeh
Iraq was seen at an emergency Solimaneyeh Hospital in the
Iraq because of abdominal and bone pains for two days,shivering, chills, fever of 40°C, and sweating. His travel history indicated a settle down to South Africa at least one week, in September 2019. Six days before admission to hospital, he returned from Turkey, where he traveled by air plane. At a physical examination, he did appear acutely ill and a coma. The rapid diagnostic test (RDT) were performed and showed an infection with P. falciparum. He received a 1-day course of Artisonate injection based on Iranian CDC protocol.He fully recovered and in follow-up visits at the outpatients hospital, no malaria parasites were seen on a thick blood smear. The use of RDT kit for diagnosis and Artisonate for treatment result for P. falciparum was positive.Conclusion:we report one P. falciparum malaria patients without any history of malaria, who recent travel to a malaria-endemic area, South Africa . Physicians should be aware of the possibility of P. falciparum infections in patients who recently returned from malaria-endemic area. More rapid communication and cross border meeting between public health authorities in borderlines areas suggested