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)
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
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
Citation
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
Problem/Condition: Malaria in humans is caused by any of four species of intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium (i.e., P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, or P. malariae). These parasites are transmitted by the bite of an infective female Anopheles sp. mosquito. The majority of malaria...
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Skarbinski, J.; Eliades, M. J.; Causer, L. M.; Barber, A. M.; Mali, S.; Phuc Nguyen Dinh; Roberts, J. M.; Parise, M. E.; Slutsker, L.; Newman, R. D.
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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, 2006, 55, SS-4, pp 23-37
Aim: To identify causes of fever, treatable diseases and the most helpful investigations in febrile children who had travelled to the tropics or subtropics in the preceding year. Methods: Prospective observational study of all admissions to children's wards in a district general hospital in...
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West, N. S.; Riordan, F. A. I.
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BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2003, 88, 5, pp 432-434
Malaria and relapsing fever are arthropod-borne infections characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and a tendency to relapse. Both are diagnosed through examination of stained blood films, and both might respond to tetracycline therapy. In at least four published case reports, the presence of...
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Berger, S. A.; David, L.
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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Northbrook, USA
Citation
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2005, 73, 1, pp 207-209