Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Data are lacking regarding asymptomatic and symptomatic malaria prevalence in internationally adopted children. Among 20 children from Democratic Republic of the Congo evaluated in Florence, Italy, in April 2016, malaria prevalence was 80%; 50% of infected children had symptomatic malaria. Adopted c...

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Autores principales: Chiappini, Elena, Sollai, Sara, de Martino, Maurizio, Galli, Luisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322706
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161777
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author Chiappini, Elena
Sollai, Sara
de Martino, Maurizio
Galli, Luisa
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description Data are lacking regarding asymptomatic and symptomatic malaria prevalence in internationally adopted children. Among 20 children from Democratic Republic of the Congo evaluated in Florence, Italy, in April 2016, malaria prevalence was 80%; 50% of infected children had symptomatic malaria. Adopted children from areas of high malaria endemicity should be screened for malaria.
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spelling pubmed-53674112017-04-07 Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo Chiappini, Elena Sollai, Sara de Martino, Maurizio Galli, Luisa Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Data are lacking regarding asymptomatic and symptomatic malaria prevalence in internationally adopted children. Among 20 children from Democratic Republic of the Congo evaluated in Florence, Italy, in April 2016, malaria prevalence was 80%; 50% of infected children had symptomatic malaria. Adopted children from areas of high malaria endemicity should be screened for malaria. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5367411/ /pubmed/28322706 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161777 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Chiappini, Elena
Sollai, Sara
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Galli, Luisa
Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
title Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_full Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_fullStr Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_full_unstemmed Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_short Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
title_sort malaria in children adopted from the democratic republic of the congo
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322706
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161777
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