Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2000)

Falciparum Malaria in European Tourists to the Dominican Republic

  • Tomas Jelinek,
  • Manuel Corachan,
  • Martin P. Grobusch,
  • Gundel Harms-Zwingenberger,
  • Herwig Kollaritsch,
  • Joachim Richter,
  • Bernd Zieger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0605.000515
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5
pp. 537 – 538

Abstract

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Thirteen cases of falciparum malaria acquired by Europeans in the Dominican Republic occurred from June 1999 to February 2000. The cases were identified by the European Network on Imported Infectious Disease Surveillance (TropNetEurop).

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