Non-imported malaria in non-endemic countries: a review of cases in Spain
Abstract Spain declared the elimination of malaria in 1964. In non-endemic areas, the overwhelming majority of malaria cases are acquired abroad, and locally acquired infections are rare events. In Spain, malaria is a statutorily notifiable disease. During these fifty years more than ten thousand ma...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:42268555cd3b437eb9b4da166c0bb5c7 2023-05-15T15:07:34+02:00 Non-imported malaria in non-endemic countries: a review of cases in Spain Emilia Velasco Diana Gomez-Barroso Carmen Varela Oliva Diaz Rosa Cano 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1915-8 https://doaj.org/article/42268555cd3b437eb9b4da166c0bb5c7 EN eng BMC http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1915-8 https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 doi:10.1186/s12936-017-1915-8 1475-2875 https://doaj.org/article/42268555cd3b437eb9b4da166c0bb5c7 Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2017) Malaria Transmission mechanisms Non-endemic areas Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1915-8 2022-12-31T15:01:49Z Abstract Spain declared the elimination of malaria in 1964. In non-endemic areas, the overwhelming majority of malaria cases are acquired abroad, and locally acquired infections are rare events. In Spain, malaria is a statutorily notifiable disease. During these fifty years more than ten thousand malaria cases have been reported, and about 0.8% of them did not have a history of recent travel. In this report, it was carried out a review of the ways in which malaria can be transmitted in non-endemic areas and a short description of the Spanish cases, aggregated by their transmission mechanisms. Four cases contracted malaria by mosquito bites; there were two autochthonous cases and two of “airport malaria”. The other 28 cases were: congenital malaria cases, transfusion-transmitted malaria, post-transplant cases, nosocomial transmission and cases in intravenous drug users. In addition, in 1971 there was an outbreak of 54 cases due to exposure to blood or blood products. So, while malaria usually is an imported disease in non-endemic areas, it should not be excluded in the differential diagnosis of persons who have fever of unknown origin, regardless of their travel history. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Malaria Journal 16 1 |
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Abstract Spain declared the elimination of malaria in 1964. In non-endemic areas, the overwhelming majority of malaria cases are acquired abroad, and locally acquired infections are rare events. In Spain, malaria is a statutorily notifiable disease. During these fifty years more than ten thousand malaria cases have been reported, and about 0.8% of them did not have a history of recent travel. In this report, it was carried out a review of the ways in which malaria can be transmitted in non-endemic areas and a short description of the Spanish cases, aggregated by their transmission mechanisms. Four cases contracted malaria by mosquito bites; there were two autochthonous cases and two of “airport malaria”. The other 28 cases were: congenital malaria cases, transfusion-transmitted malaria, post-transplant cases, nosocomial transmission and cases in intravenous drug users. In addition, in 1971 there was an outbreak of 54 cases due to exposure to blood or blood products. So, while malaria usually is an imported disease in non-endemic areas, it should not be excluded in the differential diagnosis of persons who have fever of unknown origin, regardless of their travel history. |
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Non-imported malaria in non-endemic countries: a review of cases in Spain |
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Non-imported malaria in non-endemic countries: a review of cases in Spain |
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Non-imported malaria in non-endemic countries: a review of cases in Spain |
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