Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Imported malaria is falling in Netherlands and Europe

  • Perry J. Van Genderen*
  • , Dennis A. Hesselink
  • , Jacob M. Bezemer
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Havenziekenhuis
  • Erasmus University Medical Centre

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/Letter to the editorAcademicpeer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The increase in falciparum malaria in the UK reported by Smith et al does not correspond with our own observations on imported malaria in the Netherlands during recent years. We examined all consecutive malaria cases in the Harbour Hospital and Institute for Tropical Diseases in Rotterdam between 1 January 1999 and 1 January 2008. The number of falciparum cases fell from 40 patients […]
Original languageEnglish
Article numbera1026
Pages (from-to)310
Number of pages1
JournalBMJ
Volume337
Issue number7665
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Aug 2008

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Cite this