A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut

A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut

In 2010, there were roughly 219 million cases of malaria reported worldwide resulting in an estimated 660,600 deaths [1]. In contrast, the total number of cases according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States (USA) was only 1691 [2]. Of those, 1688 were cases o...

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Main Authors: David Chia, Jorge O. Moreno, Steven I. Aronin, Rassull Suarez, Michael D. Virata, Chinedu A. Igwe, Howard Quentzel, Majid Sadigh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:IDCases
Subjects:
Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Connecticut
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250914000092
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spelling doaj-b5397e0aa66e4eb19074eb22536af51c2021-07-02T05:02:07ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092014-01-0112262810.1016/j.idcr.2014.03.003A depiction of imported malaria in ConnecticutDavid Chia0Jorge O. Moreno1Steven I. Aronin2Rassull Suarez3Michael D. Virata4Chinedu A. Igwe5Howard Quentzel6Majid Sadigh7Yale Primary Care Residency Program and Waterbury Hospital, 64 Robbins Street, Waterbury, CT 06708, USAYale Primary Care Residency Program and Waterbury Hospital, 64 Robbins Street, Waterbury, CT 06708, USAYale Primary Care Residency Program and Waterbury Hospital, 64 Robbins Street, Waterbury, CT 06708, USAYale-New Haven Hospital, St. Raphael Campus, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USAYale-New Haven Hospital, St. Raphael Campus, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USASt. Mary's Hospital, 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, CT 06706, USAGriffin Hospital, 130 Division Street, Derby, CT 06418, USAWestern Connecticut Health Network, 24 Hospital Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810, USAIn 2010, there were roughly 219 million cases of malaria reported worldwide resulting in an estimated 660,600 deaths [1]. In contrast, the total number of cases according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States (USA) was only 1691 [2]. Of those, 1688 were cases of imported malaria [2]. This is the highest number of cases reported in U.S. since 1980 [2]. Here, we describe a case of imported malaria and conduct a retrospective case series at four Connecticut (CT) hospitals in order to describe the demographics of imported malaria and to identify potential barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250914000092MalariaPlasmodium falciparumConnecticut
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author David Chia
Jorge O. Moreno
Steven I. Aronin
Rassull Suarez
Michael D. Virata
Chinedu A. Igwe
Howard Quentzel
Majid Sadigh
spellingShingle David Chia
Jorge O. Moreno
Steven I. Aronin
Rassull Suarez
Michael D. Virata
Chinedu A. Igwe
Howard Quentzel
Majid Sadigh
A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut
IDCases
Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Connecticut
author_facet David Chia
Jorge O. Moreno
Steven I. Aronin
Rassull Suarez
Michael D. Virata
Chinedu A. Igwe
Howard Quentzel
Majid Sadigh
author_sort David Chia
title A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut
title_short A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut
title_full A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut
title_fullStr A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut
title_full_unstemmed A depiction of imported malaria in Connecticut
title_sort depiction of imported malaria in connecticut
publisher Elsevier
series IDCases
issn 2214-2509
publishDate 2014-01-01
description In 2010, there were roughly 219 million cases of malaria reported worldwide resulting in an estimated 660,600 deaths [1]. In contrast, the total number of cases according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States (USA) was only 1691 [2]. Of those, 1688 were cases of imported malaria [2]. This is the highest number of cases reported in U.S. since 1980 [2]. Here, we describe a case of imported malaria and conduct a retrospective case series at four Connecticut (CT) hospitals in order to describe the demographics of imported malaria and to identify potential barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment.
topic Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Connecticut
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250914000092
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