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Imported malaria in Slovenia, 2001–2011

Subelj, Maja ; Socan, Maja

Central European journal of medicine, 2012-06, Vol.7 (3), p.290-295 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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  • Título:
    Imported malaria in Slovenia, 2001–2011
  • Autor: Subelj, Maja ; Socan, Maja
  • Assuntos: Biomedicine ; Chemoprophylaxis ; Diagnosis ; Epidemiology ; Internal Medicine ; Malaria ; Maternal and Child Health ; Medicine ; Medicine & Public Health ; Reproductive Medicine ; Research Article ; Slovenia ; Surgery
  • É parte de: Central European journal of medicine, 2012-06, Vol.7 (3), p.290-295
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  • Descrição: Background A retrospective analysis was conducted to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported malaria in Slovenia. Materials and methods We analysed 73 malaria cases reported to the National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia from January 2001 to July 2011. Results Patients were predominantly (71.2%) male and the majority (42.5%) were between 18 and 29 years of age. They mostly arrived from Ghana (17.8%) and India (15.1%), where they resided on average 89 days. 16 cases were considered to have been taking adequate malaria chemoprophylaxis. The dominant causative species were Plasmodium falciparum (31), P. vivax (28) and P. ovale (3). In 2 cases, a mixed infection of P. vivax — P. ovale and of P. vivax — P. falciparum was identified. Fifty-six cases were hospitalised for 1 to 21 days (median 3 days). Conclusions Slovenian travellers to West Africa and India are at significant risk. Given the low compliance rate of chemoprophylaxis, the high percentage of malaria cases could have been avoided by an appropriate prophylaxis and better pre-travel counselling. Public health efforts are needed to improve awareness regarding malaria risks and the benefits of malaria prophylaxis.
  • Editor: Heidelberg: SP Versita
  • Idioma: Inglês
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