Giuseppe
Emeritus
First autochthonous malaria case due to Plasmodium vivax since eradication, Spain, October 2010 (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19684">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 41, 14 October 2010
Rapid communications
First autochthonous malaria case due to Plasmodium vivax since eradication, Spain, October 2010
P Santa-Olalla Peralta 1, M C Vazquez-Torres 1, E Latorre-Fand?s 2, P Mairal-Claver 3, P Cortina-Solano 4, A Puy-Az?n 4, B Adiego Sancho 5, K Leitmeyer 6, J Lucientes-Curdi 7, M J Sierra-Moros 1
1. Coordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, Ministry of Health and Social Policy, Madrid, Spain
2. Haematology Department, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, Spain
3. Microbiology Department, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, Spain
4. Sub-directorate General of Public Health of Huesca, Regional Health Service of Arag?n, Huesca, Spain
5. Service of Public Health Surveillance, Directorate General of Public Health of Arag?n, Regional Health Service of Arag?n, Zaragoza, Spain
6. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
7. Animal Pathology Department, Veterinary School, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Citation style for this article: Santa-Olalla Peralta P, Vazquez-Torres MC, Latorre-Fand?s E, Mairal-Claver P, Cortina-Solano P, Puy-Az?n A, Adiego Sancho B, Leitmeyer K, Lucientes-Curdi J, Sierra-Moros MJ. First autochthonous malaria case due to Plasmodium vivax since eradication, Spain, October 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(41)
ii=19684. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19684
Date of submission: 13 October 2010
In October 2010, one case of autochthonous malaria due to Plasmodium vivax was diagnosed in Spain. The case occurred in Aragon, north-eastern Spain, where the vector Anopheles atroparvus is present. Although the source of infection could not be identified, this event highlights that sporadic autochthonous transmission of vector-borne diseases in continental Europe is possible and calls for enhanced surveillance and vector control measures.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19684">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 41, 14 October 2010
Rapid communications
First autochthonous malaria case due to Plasmodium vivax since eradication, Spain, October 2010
P Santa-Olalla Peralta 1, M C Vazquez-Torres 1, E Latorre-Fand?s 2, P Mairal-Claver 3, P Cortina-Solano 4, A Puy-Az?n 4, B Adiego Sancho 5, K Leitmeyer 6, J Lucientes-Curdi 7, M J Sierra-Moros 1
1. Coordinating Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, Ministry of Health and Social Policy, Madrid, Spain
2. Haematology Department, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, Spain
3. Microbiology Department, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, Spain
4. Sub-directorate General of Public Health of Huesca, Regional Health Service of Arag?n, Huesca, Spain
5. Service of Public Health Surveillance, Directorate General of Public Health of Arag?n, Regional Health Service of Arag?n, Zaragoza, Spain
6. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
7. Animal Pathology Department, Veterinary School, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Citation style for this article: Santa-Olalla Peralta P, Vazquez-Torres MC, Latorre-Fand?s E, Mairal-Claver P, Cortina-Solano P, Puy-Az?n A, Adiego Sancho B, Leitmeyer K, Lucientes-Curdi J, Sierra-Moros MJ. First autochthonous malaria case due to Plasmodium vivax since eradication, Spain, October 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(41)
ii=19684. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19684Date of submission: 13 October 2010
In October 2010, one case of autochthonous malaria due to Plasmodium vivax was diagnosed in Spain. The case occurred in Aragon, north-eastern Spain, where the vector Anopheles atroparvus is present. Although the source of infection could not be identified, this event highlights that sporadic autochthonous transmission of vector-borne diseases in continental Europe is possible and calls for enhanced surveillance and vector control measures.
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