Submicroscopic Malaria in Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, Spain

In a screening program, we detected submicroscopic malaria in 8.9% of recent migrants to Spain from sub-Saharan Africa. Hemoglobinopathies and filarial infection occurred more frequently in newly arrived migrants with submicroscopic malaria than in those without. Our findings could justify systemati...

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Autores principales: Pousibet-Puerto, Joaquín, Cabezas-Fernández, Mª Teresa, Lozano-Serrano, Ana B., Vázquez-Villegas, José, Soriano-Pérez, Manuel J., Cabeza-Barrera, Isabel, Cuenca-Gómez, José A., Salas-Coronas, Joaquín
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666945
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.180717
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Sumario:In a screening program, we detected submicroscopic malaria in 8.9% of recent migrants to Spain from sub-Saharan Africa. Hemoglobinopathies and filarial infection occurred more frequently in newly arrived migrants with submicroscopic malaria than in those without. Our findings could justify systematic screening in immigrants and recent travelers from malaria-endemic areas.

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