Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2003)

Malaria Clusters among Illegal Chinese Immigrants to Europe through Africa

  • Zeno Bisoffi,
  • Alberto Matteelli,
  • Donatella Aquilini,
  • Giovanni Guaraldi,
  • Giacomo Magnani,
  • Giovanna Orlando,
  • Giovanni Gaiera,
  • Tomas Jelinek,
  • Ron H. Behrens

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0909.030353
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 9
pp. 1177 – 1178

Abstract

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Between November 2002 and March 2003, 17 cases of malaria (1 fatal) were observed in illegal Chinese immigrants who traveled to Italy through Africa. A further cluster of 12 was reported in August, 2002. Several immigrants traveled by air, making the risk of introducing sudden acute respiratory syndrome a possibility should such illegal immigrations continue.

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