Table 3 Epidemiological and plasmodial molecular features of 2 malaria cases hospitalized in Florence. All 5 polymorphic markers analysed showed complete concordance between the isolates 1 (putative induced; the reference case) and 2 (imported)
Patient | Epidemiological characteristics of the patient | Comparison among the patients for five polymorphic molecular markers from P. falciparum isolates | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country of origin | Gender | Onset of symptoms | Hospitalization period | MSP1-K1 | MSP2-FC27 | GLURP | HRP2 | HRP3 | |
1 (putative induced) | Italy | Male | 26/10/2017 | 13-19/10/2017 | * | * | * | * | * |
2 (imported) | Senegal | Male | 08/10/2017 | 13-27/10/2017 | * | * | * | * | * |