Authors : S.M. Quevedo , A.C. Velasco , D. Martin and L. Barreales
Abstract: We report a continuous increase of imported malaria cases in a Madrid District, from 8 patients seen in year 1999 to 39 in year 2004, parallel to the rising of immigrant population from malarious areas along the past 6 years. We describe their epidemiological and parasitological characteristics. Plasmodium falciparum was the most frequent species observed, accounting for 68% of the cases. Most patients were immigrants recently settled in Spain who return after a visit to their countries of origin, mainly sub-Saharan countries.
S.M. Quevedo , A.C. Velasco , D. Martin and L. Barreales , 2007. Increasing Imported Malaria in Southwest Madrid, Spain . International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2: 13-15.