Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1177-1178

Malaria clusters among illegal Chinese immigrants to Europe through Africa (Article) (Open Access)

Bisoffi Z.* , Matteelli A. , Aquilini D. , Guaraldi G. , Magnani G. , Orlando G. , Gaiera G. , Jelinek T. , Behrens R.H.
  • a Ospedale S. Cuore, Negrar, Verona, Italy, Centro per le Malattie Tropicali, Ospedale Sacro Cuore, 37024 Negrar-Verona, Italy
  • b Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
  • c Ospedale di Prato, Prato, Italy
  • d Università di Modena, Modena, Italy
  • e Ospedale di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • f Ospedale Sacco, Milano, Italy
  • g Ospedale S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
  • h Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin, Germany
  • i London Sch. of Hyg. and Trop. Med., London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Between November 2002 and March 2003, 17 cases of malaria (1 fatal) were observed in illegal Chinese immigrants who traveled to Italy through Africa. A further cluster of 12 was reported in August, 2002. Several immigrants traveled by air, making the risk of introducing sudden acute respiratory syndrome a possibility should such illegal immigrations continue.

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male female Malaria immigrant severe acute respiratory syndrome Chinese Italy Africa Coronavirus SARS coronavirus clinical article Europe Article cluster analysis human adult
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0042817950&doi=10.3201%2feid0909.030353&partnerID=40&md5=a9c64cef4a9fd3267e4b281e77a733ef
DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.030353
ISSN: 10806040
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English