Open AccessMalaria imported into the United Kingdom in 1996
Author(s) -
David J. Bradley,
David C. Warhurst,
Marie Blaze,
Valerie Smith,
Jack Williams
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.03.04.00107-en
Subject(s) - malaria , kingdom , medicine , virology , geography , immunology , biology , paleontology
Virtually all malaria infections seen in the United Kingdom (UK) in recent years have been contracted overseas and imported into the UK, apart from two cases in 1976 due to imported infected mosquitoes and occasional cases of congenital or of transfusion