Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
Research
Malaria Risk in Travelers
Table 3
Reported travel-associated cases of malaria in Sweden by species of malaria, 1997–2003
Region | Plasmodium falciparum | P. malariae | P. ovale | P. vivax | Unspecified | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arab countries and Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Indian subcontinent | 4 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 74 |
East Asia | 16 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 30 | 111 |
West Africa | 141 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 73 | 242 |
East Africa | 87 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 79 | 216 |
Central Africa | 58 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 107 |
Southern Africa | 40 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 78 |
Central America + Caribbean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
South America | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
Total | 348 | 15 | 47 | 178 | 269 | 857 |