Malaria in Children Adopted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Data are lacking regarding asymptomatic and symptomatic malaria prevalence in internationally adopted children. Among 20 children from Democratic Republic of the Congo evaluated in Florence, Italy, in April 2016, malaria prevalence was 80%; 50% of infected children had symptomatic malaria. Adopted children from areas of high malaria endemicity should be screened for malaria.
Elena
E
Chiappini
Sara
S
Sollai
Maurizio
M
de Martino
Luisa
L
Galli
D000300:Adoption; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence
D000962:Antimalarials
Democratic Republic of the Congo; Italy; internationally adopted children; malaria; parasites; screening; zoonoses