Epidemiology and clinical features of imported malaria: a 14-year retrospective single-centre descriptive study in Prague, Czech Republic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria represents one of the most important imported tropical infectious diseases in European travellers. The objective of the study was to identify changes in the epidemiological features of imported malaria and to analyse the clinical findings and outcomes of imported malaria.

Methods

This single-centre descriptive study retrospectively analysed the medical records of all imported malaria cases in travellers treated at the Department of Infectious Diseases of University Hospital Bulovka in Prague from 2006 to 2019.

Results

The study included 203 patients with a median age of 37 years (IQR 30-48) and a male to female ratio of 3.72:1. Plasmodium falciparum was the predominant species (149/203), and its proportion significantly increased from 35/60 cases (5

SUBMITTER: Trojanek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9447980 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature