Where do Eritrean migrants get infected with malaria? The importance of considering the migration route

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¹ University Hospital Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
² Centre for Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine, Travel Clinic and Department of Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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Philippe Gautret et al. Euro Surveill. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;24(6):1900095.

doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.6.1900095.

¹ University Hospital Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
² Centre for Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine, Travel Clinic and Department of Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

Malaria in Eritrean migrants newly arrived in seven European countries, 2011 to 2016.
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