Malaria clusters among illegal Chinese immigrants to Europe through Africa.

Zeno Bisoffi; Alberto Matteelli; Donatella Aquilini; Giovanni Guaraldi; Giacomo Magnani; Giovanna Orlando; Giovanni Gaiera; Tomas Jelinek; Ron H Behrens

; (2003) Malaria clusters among illegal Chinese immigrants to Europe through Africa. Emerging infectious diseases, 9 (9). pp. 1177-1178. ISSN 1080-6040 DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.030353

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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.

Item Type	Article
Keywords	Adult, Africa, Animal, China/ethnology, Emigration and Immigration/legislation & jurisprudence, Europe/epidemiology, Female, Human, Malaria/drug therapy/ethnology/mortality, Male, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, *Travel, Adult, Africa, Animal, China, ethnology, Emigration and Immigration, legislation & jurisprudence, Europe, epidemiology, Female, Human, Malaria, drug therapy, ethnology, mortality, Male, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Travel
ISI	185100900026