Upsurge in cases of travellers' malaria ex Zanzibar indicates that malaria is on the rebound in the archipelago

Simin Aysel Florescu^{1

2}, Carsten Schade Larsen³, Marie Helleberg^{4

5}, Alexandru Marin², Corneliu Petru Popescu^{1

2}, Patricia Schlagenhauf⁶

Affiliations

¹ Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
² Dr Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
³ Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
⁵ Center of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
⁶ WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Institute for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, University of Zürich Centre for Travel Medicine, MilMedBiol Competence Centre, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 38348216
PMCID: PMC10859266
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2024.101226

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Upsurge in cases of travellers' malaria ex Zanzibar indicates that malaria is on the rebound in the archipelago

Simin Aysel Florescu et al. New Microbes New Infect. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 2:57:101226.

doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2024.101226. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Authors

Simin Aysel Florescu^{1

2}, Carsten Schade Larsen³, Marie Helleberg^{4

5}, Alexandru Marin², Corneliu Petru Popescu^{1

2}, Patricia Schlagenhauf⁶

Affiliations

¹ Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
² Dr Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
³ Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
⁵ Center of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
⁶ WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Institute for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, University of Zürich Centre for Travel Medicine, MilMedBiol Competence Centre, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 38348216
PMCID: PMC10859266
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2024.101226

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