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

Malaria Journal

Research

Bernd Noack¹  Dennis Tappe¹  Egbert Tannich²  Louise Roggelin³  Camilla Rothe³  Marylyn M. Addo⁴ 

[1] Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany;Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany;German Centre for Infection Research, partner site Standort Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel, Hamburg, Germany;Section of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany;Section of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany;German Centre for Infection Research, partner site Standort Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel, Hamburg, Germany;

关键词: Malaria;    Plasmodium vivax;    Refugees;    Eritrea;    Horn of Africa;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12936-016-1366-7

 received in 2015-10-16, accepted in 2016-06-02,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSince 2014, a considerable increase in Plasmodium vivax malaria has been observed in Germany. The majority of cases was seen in Eritrean refugees.MethodsAll 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.ResultsBetween 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.ConclusionCountries 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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