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Sharp increase of imported Plasmodium vivax malaria seen in migrants from Eritrea in Hamburg, Germany. / Roggelin, Louise; Tappe, Dennis; Noack, Bernd; Addo, Marylyn M; Tannich, Egbert; Rothe, Camilla.

In: MALARIA J, Vol. 2016, No. 15, 17.06.2016, p. 325.

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Roggelin, L, Tappe, D, Noack, B, Addo, MM, Tannich, E & Rothe, C 2016, 'Sharp increase of imported Plasmodium vivax malaria seen in migrants from Eritrea in Hamburg, Germany', MALARIA J, vol. 2016, no. 15, pp. 325. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1366-7

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Roggelin, L., Tappe, D., Noack, B., Addo, M. M., Tannich, E., & Rothe, C. (2016). Sharp increase of imported Plasmodium vivax malaria seen in migrants from Eritrea in Hamburg, Germany. MALARIA J, 2016(15), 325. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1366-7

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Roggelin L, Tappe D, Noack B, Addo MM, Tannich E, Rothe C. Sharp increase of imported Plasmodium vivax malaria seen in migrants from Eritrea in Hamburg, Germany. MALARIA J. 2016 Jun 17;2016(15):325. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1366-7

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title = "Sharp increase of imported Plasmodium vivax malaria seen in migrants from Eritrea in Hamburg, Germany",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Since 2014, a considerable increase in Plasmodium vivax malaria has been observed in Germany. The majority of cases was seen in Eritrean refugees.METHODS: All patients with P. vivax malaria admitted to the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany from 2011 until August 2015 were retrospectively identified by the hospital coding system and data was matched with records from the laboratory diagnostics unit of the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.RESULTS: Between May 2014 and August 2015, 37 cases were reported in newly-arrived Eritrean refugees at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. Relapses occurred due to difficulties in procurement of primaquine.CONCLUSION: Countries hosting Eritrean refugees need to be aware of vivax malaria occurring in this group and the risk of autochthonous cases due to local transmission by indigenous, vector competent Anopheles species.",
author = "Louise Roggelin and Dennis Tappe and Bernd Noack and Addo, {Marylyn M} and Egbert Tannich and Camilla Rothe",
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TY - JOUR

T1 - Sharp increase of imported Plasmodium vivax malaria seen in migrants from Eritrea in Hamburg, Germany

AU - Roggelin, Louise

AU - Tappe, Dennis

AU - Noack, Bernd

AU - Addo, Marylyn M

AU - Tannich, Egbert

AU - Rothe, Camilla

PY - 2016/6/17

Y1 - 2016/6/17

N2 - BACKGROUND: Since 2014, a considerable increase in Plasmodium vivax malaria has been observed in Germany. The majority of cases was seen in Eritrean refugees.METHODS: All patients with P. vivax malaria admitted to the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany from 2011 until August 2015 were retrospectively identified by the hospital coding system and data was matched with records from the laboratory diagnostics unit of the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.RESULTS: Between May 2014 and August 2015, 37 cases were reported in newly-arrived Eritrean refugees at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. Relapses occurred due to difficulties in procurement of primaquine.CONCLUSION: Countries hosting Eritrean refugees need to be aware of vivax malaria occurring in this group and the risk of autochthonous cases due to local transmission by indigenous, vector competent Anopheles species.

AB - BACKGROUND: Since 2014, a considerable increase in Plasmodium vivax malaria has been observed in Germany. The majority of cases was seen in Eritrean refugees.METHODS: All patients with P. vivax malaria admitted to the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany from 2011 until August 2015 were retrospectively identified by the hospital coding system and data was matched with records from the laboratory diagnostics unit of the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.RESULTS: Between May 2014 and August 2015, 37 cases were reported in newly-arrived Eritrean refugees at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. Relapses occurred due to difficulties in procurement of primaquine.CONCLUSION: Countries hosting Eritrean refugees need to be aware of vivax malaria occurring in this group and the risk of autochthonous cases due to local transmission by indigenous, vector competent Anopheles species.

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DO - 10.1186/s12936-016-1366-7

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JO - MALARIA J

JF - MALARIA J

SN - 1475-2875

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