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| Title |
Non-imported malaria in non-endemic countries: a review of cases in Spain
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12936-017-1915-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Emilia Velasco, Diana Gomez-Barroso, Carmen Varela, Oliva Diaz, Rosa Cano |
| Abstract |
Spain declared the elimination of malaria in 1964. In non-endemic areas, the overwhelming majority of malaria cases are acquired abroad, and locally acquired infections are rare events. In Spain, malaria is a statutorily notifiable disease. During these fifty years more than ten thousand malaria cases have been reported, and about 0.8% of them did not have a history of recent travel. In this report, it was carried out a review of the ways in which malaria can be transmitted in non-endemic areas and a short description of the Spanish cases, aggregated by their transmission mechanisms. Four cases contracted malaria by mosquito bites; there were two autochthonous cases and two of "airport malaria". The other 28 cases were: congenital malaria cases, transfusion-transmitted malaria, post-transplant cases, nosocomial transmission and cases in intravenous drug users. In addition, in 1971 there was an outbreak of 54 cases due to exposure to blood or blood products. So, while malaria usually is an imported disease in non-endemic areas, it should not be excluded in the differential diagnosis of persons who have fever of unknown origin, regardless of their travel history. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 14% |
| Japan | 1 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 10 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 50% |
| Scientists | 4 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 116 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Researcher | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 25 | 22% |
| Unknown | 38 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 42 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 December 2020.
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