Are malaria elimination efforts on right track? An analysis of gains achieved and challenges ahead

S Dhiman - Infectious diseases of poverty, 2019‏ - Springer
Background Malaria causes significant morbidity and mortality each year. In the past few
years, the global malaria cases have been declining and many endemic countries are …

Management of imported malaria in Europe

HH Askling, F Bruneel, G Burchard, F Castelli… - Malaria journal, 2012‏ - Springer
In this position paper, the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious
Diseases, Study Group on Clinical Parasitology, summarizes main issues regarding the …

The geography of imported malaria to non-endemic countries: a meta-analysis of nationally reported statistics

AJ Tatem, P Jia, D Ordanovich, M Falkner… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2017‏ - thelancet.com
Background Malaria remains a problem for many countries classified as malaria free
through cases imported from endemic regions. Imported cases to non-endemic countries …

UK malaria treatment guidelines 2016

DG Lalloo, D Shingadia, DJ Bell, NJ Beeching… - Journal of Infection, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Malaria is the tropical disease most commonly imported into the UK, with 1300–1800 cases
reported each year, and 2–11 deaths. 2. Approximately three quarters of reported malaria …

Acute and potentially life-threatening tropical diseases in western travelers—a GeoSentinel multicenter study, 1996–2011

M Jensenius, PV Han, P Schlagenhauf… - … American journal of …, 2013‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We performed a descriptive analysis of acute and potentially life-threatening tropical
diseases among 82,825 ill western travelers reported to GeoSentinel from June of 1996 to …

Imported malaria in countries where malaria is not endemic: a comparison of semi-immune and nonimmune travelers

J Mischlinger, C Rönnberg… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020‏ - journals.asm.org
The continuous increase in long-distance travel and recent large migratory movements have
changed the epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria in countries where malaria …

A sticky situation: the unexpected stability of malaria elimination

DL Smith, JM Cohen, C Chiyaka… - … of the Royal …, 2013‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Malaria eradication involves eliminating malaria from every country where transmission
occurs. Current theory suggests that the post-elimination challenges of remaining malaria …

Diagnosis and management of malaria in the intensive care unit

G Akafity, N Kumi, J Ashong - Journal of Intensive Medicine, 2024‏ - mednexus.org
Malaria is responsible for approximately three-quarters of a million deaths in humans
globally each year. Most of the morbidity and mortality reported are from Sub-Saharan Africa …

Obesity and Diabetes as Risk Factors for Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: Results From a Swedish Nationwide Study

K Wyss, A Wångdahl, M Vesterlund… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Noncommunicable diseases and obesity are increasing in prevalence globally,
also in populations at risk of malaria. We sought to investigate if comorbidity, in terms of …

Severity of Plasmodium falciparum and Non-falciparum Malaria in Travelers and Migrants: A Nationwide Observational Study Over 2 Decades in Sweden

A Wångdahl, K Wyss, D Saduddin… - The Journal of …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Background The aim was to assess factors affecting disease severity in imported P.
falciparum and non-falciparum malaria. Methods We reviewed medical records from …