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Article: Malaria clusters among illegal Chinese immigrants to Europe through Africa.(Dispatches)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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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.
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From November 2002 to March 2003, 17 cases of malaria were noted among illegal Chinese immigrants in seven hospitals across central and northern Italy (15 cases of Plasmodium, falciparum, 1 case of P. malariae, and 1 mixed infection of P. falciparum and P. malariae). One patient died. ...