Published Date: 2009-01-25 12:00:48
Subject: PRO/EDR> Malaria, falciparum - EU ex India (GA)
Archive Number: 20090125.0325
MALARIA, FALCIPARUM - EUROPEAN UNION ex INDIA (GOA)
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[1] Switzerland - Bern
[2] United Kingdom - England (Manchester)
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[1] Switzerland - (Bern)
Date: 25 Jan 2009
Source: TropNetEurop [edited]
A patient with falciparum malaria was seen in Bern. A 44-year-old
Swiss male traveled to Goa for 14 days and returned on 29 Dec 2008.
He received no prophylaxis or pre-travel counseling.
The patient was admitted at Bern with fever upon return and was
hospitalized on 2 Jan 2009 with parasitemia of 5.1 percent, which
increased to 7.1 percent on 3 Jan 2009. There was no organ failure.
Initial therapy was with quinine/doxycycline, which after 3 days was
changed to artemether/lumefantrine. There was parasite clearance at
day 6 and no complications.
[Christoph Hatz; University of Zurich Travel Clinic, Institute for
Social and Preventive Medicine]
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Communicated by:
Thomas Jelinek
TropNetEurop
Berlin Center for Travel & Tropical Medicine
Berlin, Germany
<jelinek@bctropen.de>
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[2] United Kingdom - England (Manchester)
Date: 25 Jan 2009
Source: TropNetEurop [edited]
A patient was admitted at a hospital in Manchester with _P.
falciparum_ malaria after visiting Goa.
[Andrew Ustianowski; North Manchester General Hospital and Manchester
Royal Infirmary]
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Communicated by:
Thomas Jelinek
TropNetEurop
Berlin Center for Travel & Tropical Medicine
Berlin, Germany
<jelinek@bctropen.de>
[Reports of _P. falciparum_ malaria in visitors to Goa have appeared
at regular intervals since autumn 2006. The Swiss traveler had not
taken prophylaxis. We do not know whether the British traveler took
prophylaxis. The steady trickle of patients back to Europe shows that
malaria transmission is still ongoing in and around Goa and
emphasizes that local malaria control programs are not working and
that travelers still need chemoprophylaxis when visiting Goa.
Goa is on the west coast. Kerala in southwestern India can be located
on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map at
<http://healthmap.org/promed?v=22.9,79.6,5>. - Mod.EP]
See Also
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Malaria, falciparum - EU ex India (Goa) (02) 20080202.0418
Malaria, falciparum - EU ex India (Goa): Sweden 20080124.0294
2007
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Malaria - India (Goa, Rajastan) 20070716.2287
Malaria - EU ex India (Goa) (02): UK 20070301.0728
Malaria - EU ex India (Goa) 20070112.0150
Malaria - Germany, Sweden ex India (Goa) 20070102.0014
Denmark ex India (Goa): RFI 20070101.0001
2006
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Malaria - India (West Bengal) 20060627.1783
Malaria - India (Assam) (03) 20060507.1318
2005
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Malaria, resistant - India 20050107.0047
2004
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Malaria - India (Mumbai) 20041002.2716
2003
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Malaria - India (Haryana) (02) 20031018.2620
Malaria - India (Kerala): request for information 20030605.1378
2002
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Malaria - India (Assam) 20020613.4483
2001
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Malaria - India (Assam) 20010604.1102
2000
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Malaria - India (Uttar Pradesh) 20001017.1777
1999
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Malaria, vivax, resistant - India (Mumbai) 19990316.0389
1996
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Malaria - India, 1995 (5) 19960405.0652
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