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Increase in malaria cases imported from Pakistan to Germany in 2012
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Citation style for this article: . Increase in malaria cases imported from Pakistan to Germany in 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(47):pii=20320. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.47.20320-en Received: 19 Nov 2012
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Abstract
A significant increase of malaria cases imported to Germany from Pakistan was observed in 2012. As of 14 November, Pakistan was the country of infection in 32 out of 434 malaria cases in 2012, compared to zero to eight annual malaria cases (out of over 500 cases) in previous years. Physicians and public health authorities should consider malaria in febrile patients returning or migrating from Pakistan.
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