Stäger, Katrin; Legros, Fabrice; Krause, Gérard; Low, Nicola; Bradley, David; Desai, Meghna; Graf, Simone; D'Amato, Stefania; Mizuno, Yasutaka; Janzon, Ragnhild; Petersen, Eskild; Kester, John; Steffen, Robert; Schlagenhauf, Patricia (2009). Imported malaria in children in industrialized countries, 1992-2002. Emerging infectious diseases, 15(2), pp. 185-91. Atlanta, Ga.: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid1502.080712
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Children account for an appreciable proportion of total imported malaria cases, yet few studies have quantified these cases, identified trends, or suggested evidence-based prevention strategies for this group of travelers. We therefore sought to identify numbers of cases and deaths, Plasmodium species, place of malaria acquisition, preventive measures used, and national origin of malaria in children. We analyzed retrospective data from Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and data provided by the United Nations World Tourism Organization. During 1992-2002, >17,000 cases of imported malaria in children were reported in 11 countries where malaria is not endemic; most (>70%) had been acquired in Africa. Returning to country of origin to visit friends and relatives was a risk factor. Malaria prevention for children should be a responsibility of healthcare providers and should be subsidized for low-income travelers to high-risk areas.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Low, Nicola |
ISSN: |
1080-6040 |
ISBN: |
19193261 |
Publisher: |
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:09 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:21 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3201/eid1502.080712 |
PubMed ID: |
19193261 |
Web of Science ID: |
000263230700006 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.30406 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/30406 (FactScience: 193954) |
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