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Abstract

In August 2018 a Moroccan man living in Tuscany developed malaria. The patient declared having not recently visited any endemic country, leading to diagnostic delay and severe malaria. As susceptibility to of Anopheles species in Tuscany is very low, and other risk factors for acquiring malaria could not be completely excluded, the case remains cryptic, similar to other malaria cases previously reported in African individuals living in Apulia in 2017.

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Cryptic severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a Moroccan man living in Tuscany, Italy, August 2018
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