Malaria Clusters among Illegal Chinese Immigrants to Europe through Africa

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 synd...

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Autores principales: Bisoffi, Zeno, Matteelli, Alberto, Aquilini, Donatella, Guaraldi, Giovanni, Magnani, Giacomo, Orlando, Giovanna, Gaiera, Giovanni, Jelinek, Tomas, Behrens, Ron H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14519261
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0909.030353
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Sumario: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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