Area of exposure and treatment challenges of malaria in Eritrean migrants: a GeoSentinel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent reports highlight malaria as a frequent diagnosis in migrants who originate from Eritrea. A descriptive analysis of GeoSentinel cases of malaria in Eritrean migrants was done together with a literature review to elucidate key attributes of malaria in this group with a focus on possible areas of acquisition of malaria and treatment challenges.

Results

A total of 146 cases were identified from the GeoSentinel database from 1999 through September 2017, with a marked increase in 2014 and 2015. All patients originated from Eritrea and the main reporting GeoSentinel sites were in Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel and Germany. The majority of patients (young adult males) were diagnosed with malaria following arrival in the host country. All patients had a possib

SUBMITTER: Schlagenhauf P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267801 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature