Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/19
By: Joseph Yeh
Taipei, Aug. 19 (CNA) A 19-year-old man from Kaohsiung has been
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confirmed as having malaria, which was the second imported case of the disease in the country this year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Sunday.
The patient, a student at a college in Hsinchu, was diagnosed with the infectious disease after he went to a Kaohsiung hospital on Aug. 17 with a fever, CDC Deputy Director-General Luo Yi-jun (羅一鈞) said.
The hospital diagnosed the man with tropical malaria, the most serious form of the disease, which is caused by the deadly parasite Plasmodium falciparum, Luo said. The patient is still in a critical condition, he added.
Without prompt treatment, this type of malaria could lead to severe life-threatening complications such as breathing problems and organ failure, Luo said. [FULL STORY]
