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Malaria
Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in malaria transmission across Indonesia: analysis of routine surveillance data 2010–2019
Designing optimal malaria control strategies in Indonesia is a substantial challenge due to a multitude of complex epidemiological factors [1]. The diverse landscape of the country in terms of endemicity, population densities that range from dense urban areas to sparsely populated rural regions, a variety...
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Relationship between malaria vector survival, infectivity, and insecticide-treated net use in western Kenya
Malaria transmission continues across most of sub-Saharan Africa despite the scale-up of effective vector control methods. Anopheles mosquitoes which transmit malaria must survive 10–14 days following an infectious blood meal for the parasite to complete development to the infectious...
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Investigation of an airport-associated cluster of falciparum malaria in Frankfurt, Germany, 2022.
Airport malaria is uncommon but increasing in Europe and often difficult to diagnose. We describe the clinical, epidemiological and environmental investigations of a cluster of airport malaria cases and measures taken in response. Three Frankfurt International Airport employees without travel histories...
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Two cases of airport-associated falciparum malaria in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October 2019.
Two cases of presumably airport-acquired falciparum malaria were diagnosed in Frankfurt in October 2019. They were associated with occupation at the airport, and Plasmodium falciparum parasites from their blood showed genetically identical microsatellite and allele patterns. Both had severe malaria....
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Two fatal autochthonous cases of airport malaria, Belgium, 2020.
We report an outbreak investigation of two fatal cases of autochthonous Plasmodium falciparum malaria that occurred in Belgium in September 2020. Various hypotheses of the potential source of infection were investigated. The most likely route of transmission was through an infectious exotic...
