title: Malaria and tourism: retrospective analysis of German malaria cases imported from the Dominican Republic.
abstract: We report on malaria acquired by German tourists to formerly non-endemic tourist resorts in the Dominican Republic between July 1999 and March 2000. Falciparum malaria is endemic in the western provinces and the hinterland of the Dominican Republic. By contrast, the risk of contracting malaria has always been considered so low in the main tourist resorts in the eastern part of the country that antimalarial chemoprophylaxis was not recommended.
authors.affiliation: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Dusseldorf, Alemania
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schöneberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alpers
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Häussinger
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004293:Dominican Republic; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014195:Travel