Malaria Clusters among Illegal Chinese Immigrants to Europe through Africa

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Malaria
• Illegal migrants
• China
• Europe
• Italy
• Cote d’Ivoire