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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported malaria in adults in Milan, Italy, 2010–2015

Published:July 28, 2018DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2018.07.024
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported malaria in adults in Milan, Italy, 2010–2015
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      Malaria is the most common and lethal parasitic disease worldwide with an estimated 216 million of cases and 445,000 deaths in 2016 [
      • World Health Organization. World Malaria Report 2017
      Geneva: World Health Organization.
      2017
      ]. In Europe, where malaria has been eradicated, there were over 8000 imported cases in 2015, two-thirds of which reported in France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Germany.

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      Publication history

      Published online: July 28, 2018
      Accepted: July 25, 2018
      Received: July 18, 2018

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2018.07.024

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