Management of imported malaria in Europe

• Published in: Malaria journal Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 328
• Main Authors: Askling, Helena H, Bruneel, Fabrice, Burchard, Gerd, Castelli, Francesco, Chiodini, Peter L, Grobusch, Martin P, Lopez-Vélez, Rogelio, Paul, Margaret, Petersen, Eskild, Popescu, Corneliu, Ramharter, Michael, Schlagenhauf, Patricia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 17.09.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Antimalarials; Antimalarials - administration & dosage; Biomedical research; Care and treatment; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods; Clinical Medicine - methods; Communicable Disease Control - methods; Complications and side effects; Diagnosis; Dosage and administration; Emigration and Immigration; Epidemiology; Europe; Health facilities; Hospitals; Humans; Infections; International trade; Malaria; Malaria - diagnosis; Malaria - drug therapy; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine, Experimental; Mortality; Plasmodium - classification; Plasmodium - isolation & purification; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium knowlesi; Plasmodium malariae; Plasmodium ovale; Plasmodium vivax; Review; Risk factors; Travel; Travel medicine; Tropical diseases; Europe; France; Sweden; Germany

In this position paper, the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Study Group on Clinical Parasitology, summarizes main issues regarding the management of imported malaria cases. Malaria is a rare diagnosis in Europe, but it is a medical emergency. A travel history is t...