[Malaria in the Dunkerque hospital center from December 1979 to December 1990].
Seventy-one cases of malaria were diagnosed in the hospital of Dunkerque from 1979 to 1990. Forty-five patients have been infected in the Comores islands. Among the 24 other imported cases, 17 (71%) have been contaminated in Western or Central Africa. One case of congenital malaria and one of malaria acquired by blood transfusion are also reported. Plasmodium falciparum was detected in 84.5% of the patients. The four human species were found among the Comorians. Two cases with abnormal forms of Plasmodium vivax were observed.
Herent-Dereux
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Laboratoire du centre hospitalier de Dunkerque, France.
Weillaert
M P
MP
Verhaeghe
A
A
Savage
A
A
Fournier
L
L
Poirriez
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007195:Indian Ocean Islands / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies
Le paludisme au centre hospitalier de Dunkerque de décembre 1979 à décembre 1990.