Publications

update: self-induced malaria associated with malariotherapy for lyme disease--texas.	in december 1990, the texas department of health (tdh) was contacted by a man who had recently moved from the northeastern united states and who was considering malariotherapy for lyme disease (ld). he described a 2-year history of unsuccessful treatment with multiple antibiotics for arthralgias and palpitations, which had been diagnosed as ld.	1991	1896006
from the centers for disease control. self-induced malaria associated with malariotherapy for lyme disease--texas.		1991	1920712
plasmodium vivax infection among tourists to puerto vallarta, and acapulco, mexico--new mexico, texas.		1985	3925323
malaria. local transmission of plasmodium vivax malaria, houston, texas, 1994.		1995	7577427
local transmission of plasmodium vivax malaria--houston, texas, 1994.	malaria was endemic in the united states until the late 1940s; since then, most cases of malaria reported in the united states has been acquired during international travel or has occurred in persons who had resided in countries where malaria is endemic. this report summarizes the investigation of three persons who acquired plasmodium vivax infection in houston, texas, by presumed mosquitoborne transmission during 1994.	1995	7708040
from the centers for disease control and prevention. local transmission of plasmodium vivax malaria--houston, texas, 1994.		1995	7745760
imported malaria in the 1990s. a report of 59 cases from houston, tex.	to determine the frequency, the clinical features, and the response to therapy of imported malaria that was diagnosed in the 1990s in a major north american city.	1994	7994434
mosquito-transmitted malaria--michigan, 1995.	during the 19th and early 20th centuries, malaria was endemic in many areas of the united states. although indigenous transmission was interrupted by the 1940s, recent outbreaks in new jersey, new york, and texas have underscored the potential for reintroduction of mosquitoborne transmission of malaria in the united states. this report summarizes the investigation of a case of plasmodium vivax malaria diagnosed during september 1995 in a resident of michigan with no history of international trav ...	1996	8609882
mosquito-transmitted malaria acquired in texas.	malaria was endemic in the united states before world war ii. however, locally acquired malaria was thought to have been eradicated. since the mid-1980s, cases of locally acquired malaria have been described. we report the case of a 62-year-old man who came to the houston veterans affairs medical center with fever, malaise, and weakness and was found to have plasmodium vivax infection on peripheral blood smear. he had not left the country for 37 years and had no previous history of malaria. on s ...	1996	8638203
the remote diagnosis of malaria using telemedicine or e-mailed images.	we determined the ability of blinded remote expert microscopy to identify malaria parasites through transmission of malaria smear images via telemedicine and as e-mail attachments. protocols for malaria smear transmission included: (1) transmission of sender-selected televised smears at various bandwidths (bw), (2) transmission of remote reader-directed televised smears at various bw, and (3) transmission of digital photomicrographs as e-mail attachments. twenty (14%) of 147 sender-selected, and ...	2006	17256675
a woman from honduras with a painful forearm and fever.		2008	18458298
the past and present of malaria in houston.	malaria has a long-standing association among diseases that affect texans and houstonians. early records show that in 1935 at least 25,000 cases of malaria were reported in texas (with at least 1500 in houston) and that between then and 1959 the largest number occurred in august. a dramatic fall in malaria incidence occurred through the 1930s and 1940s, with a surge at the onset of world war ii and very few cases in the 1950s. texas records report 625 travel-associated cases in texas from 1952 t ...	2012	22777864