Plasmodium malariae, a causative agent of quartan malaria, is prevalent across tropical and subtropical regions, but global cases have been usually very rare and sporadic. However, a significant outbreak of quartan malaria caused by P. malariae occurred in Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam in 2023 and the outbreak persists. In this report, we present the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of this unprecedented outbreak of quartan malaria in Vietnam.

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越南前所未有的疟原虫疟疾大规模爆发：流行病学和临床观点。


疟原虫疟疾是夸坦疟疾的病原体，在热带和亚热带地区普遍存在，但全球病例通常非常罕见和散发。然而，2023 年越南庆和省庆荣区发生了由疟疾假单胞菌引起的夸脱疟疾的重大疫情，并且疫情持续存在。在本报告中，我们介绍了越南这次前所未有的 quartan 疟疾暴发的流行病学和临床特征。