The Increase of Imported Malaria Acquired in Haiti among US Travelers in 2010
| Autor: | Meredith McMorrow, Paul M. Arguin, Aarti Agarwal |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Demographics Adolescent Plasmodium falciparum Global Health: Special Focus on Haiti Chemoprevention Antimalarials Young Adult Malaria transmission Risk Factors Virology Environmental health parasitic diseases Medicine Animals Humans Risk factor Malaria Falciparum Child Imported malaria Aged Aged 80 and over Travel biology business.industry virus diseases Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Haiti United States Infectious Diseases Increased risk Child Preschool Population Surveillance Chemoprophylaxis Patient Compliance Parasitology Female Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S business Malaria |
| Popis: | From 2004 to 2009, the number of malaria cases reported in Haiti increased nearly fivefold. The effect of the 2010 earthquake and its aftermath on malaria transmission in Haiti is not known. Imported malaria cases in the United States acquired in Haiti tripled from 2009 to 2010, likely reflecting both the increased number of travelers arriving from Haiti and the increased risk of acquiring malaria infection in Haiti. The demographics of travelers and the proportion of severe cases are similar to those statistics reported in previous years. Non-adherence to malaria chemoprophylaxis remains a nearly universal modifiable risk factor among these cases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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