Travel-associated malaria is a health hazard, even in non-malaria endemic regions. This is a hospital-based retrospective study of 12,931 febrile patients who presented at King Fahad Hospital of the University (KFHU) from January 2009 to December 2019. Patients either returning from malaria endemic ...
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Ashwaq Alanazi; Almusailhi, B. A. H.; Bamousa, G. K.; Alhawashim, N. H.; Alotaibi, N. M.; Sumiyah Alshamekh; Basavaraja Channabasappa Hunasemarada; Al-Jindan, R. Y.; El-Badry, A. A.
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Nature Publishing Group, London, UK
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Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 1,
Background: With less than one severe case per year in average, Plasmodium vivax is very rarely associated with severe imported malaria in France. Two cases of P. vivax severe malaria occurred in patients with no evident co-morbidity. Interestingly, both cases did not occur at the primary infection ...
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Izri, A.; Cojean, S.; Leblanc, C.; Cohen, Y.; Bouchaud, O.; Durand, R.
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BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
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Malaria Journal, 2019, 18, 422, pp (16 December 2019)
Background: Two commercial PCR assays were assessed in a retrospective study to determine their reliability as tools for the differentiation of Plasmodium species in human blood. Methods: A total of 1022 blood samples from 817 patients with suspected or confirmed malaria submitted to the German...
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Frickmann, H.; Wegner, C.; Ruben, S.; Behrens, C.; Kollenda, H.; Hinz, R.; Rojak, S.; Schwarz, N. G.; Hagen, R. M.; Tannich, E.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019, 31, pp 101442
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) is an epidemic disease with a fascinating history from Hippocrates' times, through the 6th century 'Yellow Plague', to epidemics in Ireland, Scotland and England in the 19th century and two large Afro-Middle Eastern pandemics in the 20th century. An endemic focus...
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
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Epidemiology and Infection, 2019, 147, e106, pp e106
OBJECTIVE. Evaluation of the epidemiological situation of imported malaria in Poland in 2013 compared to the data from previous years. MATERIAL AND METHODS. The assessment was performed based on the results of the analysis of individual reports sent to the NIPH-NIH by sanitary-epidemiological...
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Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Warszawa, Poland
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Przegląd Epidemiologiczny, 2015, 69, 2, pp 273-275 (En), 385-387 (Pl)
Problem/Condition: Malaria in humans is caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. These parasites are transmitted by the bite of an infective female Anopheles mosquito. The majority of malaria infections in the United States occur among persons who have traveled to areas with...
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Mali, S.; Steele, S.; Slutsker, L.; Arguin, P. M.
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Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta , USA
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2009, 58, SS-2, pp 1-16
The purpose of this study was to assess the epidemiology of malaria in Taiwan between 2002 and 2010. We analyzed data reported as part of surveillance programs run by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC). Malaria cases were diagnosed by blood films, polymerase chain reaction, or...
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Wang ChingMin; Hu, S. C.; Hung WenShin; Chang HsiaoLing; Wu HoSheng; Chen KwoLiang; Chen KouHuang; Chen KowTong
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2012, 10, 5/6, pp 240-246
OBJECTIVES. The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of imported malaria in Poland in 2010 in comparison to previous years. METHODS. The study included malaria cases that were collected and registered by the State Sanitary Inspection in 2010 in Poland. Data reported was...
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Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Warszawa, Poland
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Przegląd Epidemiologiczny, 2012, 66, 2, pp 325-328
In this position paper, the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Study Group on Clinical Parasitology, summarizes main issues regarding the management of imported malaria cases. Malaria is a rare diagnosis in Europe, but it is a medical emergency. A travel history is...
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Askling, H. H.; Bruneel, F.; Buchard, G.; Castelli, F.; Chiodini, P. L.; Grobusch, M. P.; Lopez-Vélez, R.; Paul, M.; Petersen, E.; Popescu, C.; Ramharter, M.; Schlagenhauf, P.
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BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
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Malaria Journal, 2012, 11, 328, pp (17 September 2012)
Actually in Poland malaria is not present as an endemic disease, but is one of the most common "imported" diseases. In its mild form it is an awkward illness with recurring fever, whereas the more severe form, which is caused by Plasmodium falciparum can be life-threatening. AIM OF THE STUDY....
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Kalinowska-Nowak, A.; Bociąga-Jasik, M.; Leśniak, M.; Mach, T.; Garlicki, A.
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Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Warszawa, Poland
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Przegląd Epidemiologiczny, 2012, 66, 3, pp 431-436