title: Malaria clusters among illegal Chinese immigrants to Europe through Africa.
abstract: Between November 2002 and March 2003, 17 cases of malaria (1 fatal) were observed in illegal Chinese immigrants who traveled to Italy through Africa. A further cluster of 12 was reported in August, 2002. Several immigrants traveled by air, making the risk of introducing sudden acute respiratory syndrome a possibility should such illegal immigrations continue.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D010965:Plasmodium malariae; D014195:Travel