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Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Dispatch

Malaria Clusters among Illegal Chinese Immigrants to Europe through Africa

Zeno Bisoffi*Comments to Author , Alberto Matteelli†, Donatella Aquilini‡, Giovanni Guaraldi§, Giacomo Magnani¶, Giovanna Orlando#, Giovanni Gaiera**, Tomas Jelinek††, and Ron H. Behrens‡‡
Author affiliations: *Ospedale S. Cuore, Negrar, Verona, Italy; †Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy; ‡Ospedale di Prato, Prato, Italy; §Università di Modena, Modena, Italy; ¶Ospedale di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy; #Ospedale Sacco, Milano, Italy; **Ospedale S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy; ††Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin, Germany; ‡‡London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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Table

Characteristics of 17 cases of malaria in illegal Chinese immigrants, Italy

Case Sex, agea Date first seen by physician Country of transit Time spent in country of transit Mode of travel Mode of travel to Europe Plasmodium species Clinical outcome
1
 M, 21
 11/05/02
 Côte d’Ivoire
 8 mo
 Air
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
2
 M, 24
 11/11/02
 “Africa”
 3 mo
 Unknown
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
3
 F, 20
 11/12/02
 Côte d’Ivoire
 22 d
 Road/sea
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
4
 M, 22
 11/15/02
 Côte d’Ivoire
 1 mo
 Air
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
5
 M, 24
 11/16/02
 Côte d’Ivoire
 14 d
 Road/sea
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
6
 M, 28
 01/09/03
 Côte d’Ivoire
 2 mo
 Unknown
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
7
 F, 20
 01/13/03
 Côte d’Ivoire
 Few days
 Unknown
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Died
8
 M, 21
 02/01/03
 Côte d’Ivoire
 Unknown
 Unknown
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
9
 F, 32
 02/02/03
 Congo
 Unknown
 Unknown
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
10
 M, 22
 02/03/03
 Côte d’Ivoire
 6 mo
 Air
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
11
 M, 19
 02/08/03
 Côte d’Ivoire
 Unknown
 Unknown
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
12
 M, 34
 02/13/03
 Congo
 2 mo
 Road/sea
 Air
 P. falciparum and P. malariae
 Recovered
13
 F, 24
 02/13/03
 Côte d’Ivoire
 50 d
 Air
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
14
 M, 40
 02/22/03
 Côte d’Ivoire
 Unknown
 Road/sea
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
15
 M, 22
 02/24/03
 Côte d’Ivoire
 2 mo
 Road/sea
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
16
 M, 28
 03/01/03
 “Africa”
 Unknown
 Unknown
 Air
 P. falciparum
 Recovered
17 M, 23 03/15/03 Côte d’Ivoire 50 d Road/sea Air P. malariae Recovered

aM, male; F, female.

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