Open AccessCases of falciparum malaria imported into Germany from southern Thailand
Author(s) -
P. C. Döller,
Johannes Schäfer
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.19.02133-en
Subject(s) - malaria , chemoprophylaxis , tourist destinations , plasmodium falciparum , tourism , destinations , geography , medicine , environmental health , immunology , surgery , archaeology
Holiday destinations where Plasmodium falciparum infections in tourists are hitherto unknown are by no means always safe, as a recent report in Germany’s surveillance bulletin shows (1). Two almost simultaneous but unrelated cases of falciparum malaria have been reported to Germany’s Robert Koch-Institut. Both patients had visited Thailand, where tourist destinations are regarded as non-malarial, and no recommendations for chemoprophylaxis have so far been issued for tourists.