High prevalence of malaria in a non-endemic setting: comparison of diagnostic tools and patient outcome during a four-year survey (2013–2017)

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Adriana Calderaro, Giovanna Piccolo, Sara Montecchini, Mirko Buttrini, Sabina Rossi, Maria Loretana Dell’Anna, Valeria De Remigis, Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Carlo Chezzi, Flora De Conto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Subjects: Malaria; Diagnosis; Tools; Therapy; Outcome; Epidemiology; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Parma
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2218-4; https://doaj.org/article/8313a7523e734699882522d2a35883ec

Abstract Background Malaria is no longer endemic in Italy since 1970 when the World Health Organization declared Italy malaria-free, but it is now the most commonly imported disease. The aim of the study was to analyse the trend of imported malaria cases in Parma, Italy, during January 2013–June 201...