Eurosurveillance
Volume 15, Issue 26, 2010

Relapsing relapsing vivax malaria cluster in Eritrean refugees, Israel, June 2010 (Article)

Kopel E.* , Schwartz E. , Amitai Z. , Volovik I.
  • a Tel Aviv District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • b Centre for Geographic Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
  • c Tel Aviv District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • d Tel Aviv District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

We report on a cluster of relapsing vivax malaria among Eritrean refugees residing in Israel. Since the beginning of 2010, 15 cases have been identified. Five of the six patients who had complete medical and epidemiological histories, reported Sudan as the place of primary infection during their journey to Israel, and having had the first relapse in Israel, six months later (median). Suggested place of exposure is the region of the Eritrean refugee camps in Sudan.

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male Plasmodium vivax malaria female adult refugee Israel Eritrea emporiatrics clinical article relapse primary infection Article Parasitemia human real time polymerase chain reaction reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction exposure Sudan
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ISSN: 1025496X
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English