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Malaria in refugees from Indo‐China as seen in Australia in 1980
Author(s) -
Black Robert H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb100986.x
Subject(s) - refugee , malaria , china , plasmodium vivax , transit (satellite) , vivax malaria , geography , socioeconomics , plasmodium falciparum , ancient history , political science , history , medicine , sociology , immunology , archaeology , public transport , law
In 1980, 225 cases of malaria occurred in 14785 refugees from Indo‐China arriving in Australia. At least 74% of the cases occurred in the 3318 refugees who had been in transit in Indonesia and almost all of these were infections with Plasmodium vivax. It is suggested that radical treatment be given soon after arrival to all those refugees who have been in transit in Indonesia.