PMID: 9531658Jun 13, 1998Paper

Malaria surveillance in New York City: 1991-1996

International Journal of Infectious Diseases : IJID : Official Publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
D F McNeeleyM Layton

Abstract

The transmission of malaria has increased in recent years in many countries where it was once eradicated or under control, and malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the developing world. Imported cases of malaria have been increasing in New York City and throughout the United States during the past decade. The New York City Department of Health has modified its malaria surveillance program in order to improve the assessment of diagnosis and treatment of malaria in New York City residents and to provide appropriate advice to health professionals who treat these patients. To describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of laboratory-confirmed cases of malaria diagnosed in New York City residents from January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1996. The retrospective study of case reports was carried out by the Malaria Surveillance Program of the Bureau of Communicable Diseases, New York City Department of Health, New York City, NY. It included the laboratory diagnosis of malaria and the species involved, and included also descriptive epidemiologic information of patients with malaria (age, sex, race/ethnicity, date and place of onset of illness, travel history, immigration status, previous hist...Continue Reading

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