1.
Euro Surveill
; 15(41): 19684, 2010 Oct 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20961517
ABSTRACT
In October 2010, one case of autochthonous malaria due to Plasmodium vivax was diagnosed in Spain. The case occurred in Aragon, north-eastern Spain, where the vector Anopheles atroparvus is present. Although the source of infection could not be identified, this event highlights that sporadic autochthonous transmission of vector-borne diseases in continental Europe is possible and calls for enhanced surveillance and vector control measures.
Subject(s)
Malaria, Vivax/diagnosis , Plasmodium vivax/isolation & purification , Adult , Antimalarials/therapeutic use , Chloroquine/therapeutic use , Endemic Diseases , Humans , Malaria, Vivax/drug therapy , Malaria, Vivax/epidemiology , Microscopy , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Primaquine/therapeutic use , Spain/epidemiology , Treatment Outcome
2.
Euro Surveill
; 14(7)2009 Feb 19.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19232228
ABSTRACT
A human case of swine influenza A (H1N1) in a 50-year-old woman from a village near Teruel (Aragon, in the north-east of Spain), with a population of about 200 inhabitants, has been reported in November 2008.
