Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in Greece, 2011

K Danis; A Baka; A Lenglet; W Van Bortel; I Terzaki; M Tseroni; M Detsis; E Papanikolaou; A Balaska; S Gewehr; G Dougas; T Sideroglou; A Economopoulou; N Vakalis; S Tsiodras; S Bonovas; J Kremastinou

doi:10.2807/ese.16.42.19993-en

Rapid communications Open Access

Like 0

Download

Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in Greece, 2011
K Danis¹ , A Baka¹ , A Lenglet² , W Van Bortel² , I Terzaki¹ , M Tseroni¹ , M Detsis¹ , E Papanikolaou¹ , A Balaska¹ , S Gewehr³ , G Dougas¹ , T Sideroglou¹ , A Economopoulou¹ , N Vakalis⁴ , S Tsiodras¹ , S Bonovas¹ , J Kremastinou¹
View Affiliations Hide Affiliations

Affiliations: ¹ Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece ² European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ³ Ecodevelopment S.A., Thessaloniki, Greece ⁴ National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece

Correspondence:
K Danis
daniscostas yahoo.com
View Citation Hide Citation

Citation style for this article: Danis K, Baka A, Lenglet A, Van Bortel W, Terzaki I, Tseroni M, Detsis M, Papanikolaou E, Balaska A, Gewehr S, Dougas G, Sideroglou T, Economopoulou A, Vakalis N, Tsiodras S, Bonovas S, Kremastinou J. Autochthonous Plasmodium vivax malaria in Greece, 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(42):pii=19993. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.42.19993-en Received: 11 Oct 2011

Previous Article
Table of Contents
Next Article

Abstract

Between May and September 2011, twenty cases of Plasmodium vivax infection were reported in Greek citizens without reported travel history. The vast majority of those cases were confined to a delimited agricultural area of Evrotas, Lakonia. Conditions favouring locally acquired transmission of malaria, including the presence of competent vectors and migrants from endemic countries exist in Greece, underscoring the need for the development of an integrated preparedness and response plan for malaria prevention.