title: Malaria in illegal Chinese immigrants, Italy.
abstract: A cluster of 22 imported malaria cases, 21 caused by Plasmodium falciparum, was observed among illegal Chinese immigrants in northern Italy in the summer of 2000. The rate of severe disease was high because the patients were not immune and they sought health-care services late in their illness because of their clandestine status. Recognition of the outbreak was delayed because no regional alert system among infectious diseases hospitals was in place.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia, Italy. forleo@master.cci.unibs.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matteelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volonterio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulletta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galimberti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maroccolo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gaiera
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dorigoni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bellina
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orlando
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bisoffi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male