A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut
| Autor: | Majid Sadigh, Steven I. Aronin, Rassull Suarez, David Chia, Jorge O. Moreno, Michael Virata, Chinedu A. Igwe, Howard Quentzel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Demographics
biology business.industry Plasmodium falciparum Case Report Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Timely diagnosis Disease control Malaria Connecticut Infectious Diseases Environmental health parasitic diseases Medicine business Cartography Imported malaria |
| Zdroj: | IDCases IDCases, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 26-28 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2214-2509 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.idcr.2014.03.003 |
| Popis: | In 2010, there were roughly 219 million cases of malaria reported worldwide resulting in an estimated 660,600 deaths [1]. In contrast, the total number of cases according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States (USA) was only 1691 [2]. Of those, 1688 were cases of imported malaria [2]. This is the highest number of cases reported in U.S. since 1980 [2]. Here, we describe a case of imported malaria and conduct a retrospective case series at four Connecticut (CT) hospitals in order to describe the demographics of imported malaria and to identify potential barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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