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Submicroscopic Malaria in Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, Spain.

dc.contributor.authorPousibet-Puerto, Joaquín
dc.contributor.authorCabezas-Fernández, Mª Teresa
dc.contributor.authorLozano-Serrano, Ana B
dc.contributor.authorVázquez-Villegas, José
dc.contributor.authorSoriano-Pérez, Manuel J
dc.contributor.authorCabeza-Barrera, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorCuenca-Gómez, José A
dc.contributor.authorSalas-Coronas, Joaquín
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T10:28:34Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T10:28:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIn a screening program, we detected submicroscopic malaria in 8.9% of recent migrants to Spain from sub-Saharan Africa. Hemoglobinopathies and filarial infection occurred more frequently in newly arrived migrants with submicroscopic malaria than in those without. Our findings could justify systematic screening in immigrants and recent travelers from malaria-endemic areas.
dc.identifier.doi10.3201/eid2502.180717
dc.identifier.essn1080-6059
dc.identifier.pmcPMC6346455
dc.identifier.pmid30666945
dc.identifier.pubmedURLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346455/pdf
dc.identifier.unpaywallURLhttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/2/pdfs/18-0717.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10668/13441
dc.issue.number2
dc.journal.titleEmerging infectious diseases
dc.journal.titleabbreviationEmerg Infect Dis
dc.language.isoen
dc.organizationAPES Hospital de Poniente de Almería
dc.page.number349-352
dc.pubmedtypeJournal Article
dc.pubmedtypeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectSpain
dc.subjectco-infection
dc.subjectfilariasis
dc.subjecthemoglobinopathies
dc.subjectmalaria
dc.subjectmigrants
dc.subjectparasites
dc.subjectscreening
dc.subjectsub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectsubmicroscopic malaria
dc.subjectvector-borne infections
dc.subject.meshAfrica South of the Sahara
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshImmunoglobulin E
dc.subject.meshLeukocyte Count
dc.subject.meshMalaria
dc.subject.meshMass Screening
dc.subject.meshMicroscopy
dc.subject.meshParasite Load
dc.subject.meshPopulation Surveillance
dc.subject.meshRetrospective Studies
dc.subject.meshSpain
dc.subject.meshTransients and Migrants
dc.titleSubmicroscopic Malaria in Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, Spain.
dc.typeresearch article
dc.type.hasVersionVoR
dc.volume.number25
dspace.entity.typePublication

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