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Epidemiological investigation of a case of malaria in a non-endemic area, Campo de Gibraltar, Cadiz, Spain, January 2022
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsBoris Verona Mesiaboriso.verona.sspa juntadeandalucia.es
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Citation style for this article: . Epidemiological investigation of a case of malaria in a non-endemic area, Campo de Gibraltar, Cadiz, Spain, January 2022. Euro Surveill. 2022;27(46):pii=2200786. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200786 Received: 07 Oct 2022; Accepted: 17 Nov 2022
Abstract
We describe a non-imported malaria case reported in January 2022 in Campo de Gibraltar and the investigations by local public health authorities to identify the transmission mechanism and subsequent measures to prevent local transmission. Vector transmission, parenteral transmission, airport malaria, and imported malaria were ruled out. No clear mechanism of transmission was identified. The most probable cause was a hospital-acquired infection since the case was admitted to hospital at the same time as a case of imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria.