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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2026

Clinical contribution of mNGS in the diagnosis and management of imported falciparum malaria in a malaria-free region: a five-case series from northern China.

Bin Niu, Rong Wang, Haiyan Tian, Xinran Li, Yangdi Yu, Jiaolong Ren, Liaoyun Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Bin Niu *Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Rong Wang *Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Haiyan Tian *Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Xinran LiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Yangdi YuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Jiaolong RenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Liaoyun ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.

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Abstract

Background: Although malaria transmission has been eliminated in China, imported Methods: We retrospectively reviewed five patients with imported Results: All patients had travel or residence histories in malaria-endemic regions in Africa. mNGS detected Conclusion: Imported

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Communicable Diseases, ImportedHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMalaria, FalciparumMetagenomicsPlasmodium falciparumAdultAntimalarialsChinaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTravelYoung AdultAntimalarialsclinical managementimported malariamalaria-free regionmetagenomic next-generation sequencingPlasmodium falciparum

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