Eurosurveillance - Volume 3, Issue 4, 01 April 1998

Malaria is not endemic in Germany, but it is one of the most commonly imported infectious diseases. The numbers of imported cases increased from 1994 to 1996; in 1997 according to preliminary data there were a total of 994 cases. In 1996, 1021 cases of ma

Malaria ceased to be endemic in France in 1960, although sporadic cases were reported until 1970 in the department of Corse. No indigenous case of malaria have been reported since then. We report below the epidemiological data on imported malaria in 1996.

A surveillance system for malaria was established in Italy to prevent a possible return of disease transmission after the eradication. Reporting malaria and 43 other infectious diseases is mandatory. Local laboratories diagnose clinical cases of malaria m

Virtually all malaria infections seen in the United Kingdom (UK) in recent years have been contracted overseas and imported into the UK, apart from two cases in 1976 due to imported infected mosquitoes and occasional cases of congenital or of transfusion