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BioMed Central, Malaria Journal, 1(8), 2009

DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-111

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Imported malaria among African immigrants: is there still a relationship between developed countries and their ex-colonies?

Journal article published in 2009 by Juan Pablo Millet, Patricia Garcia de Olalla, Joaquim Gascón, Jordi Gómez I. Prat, Begoña Treviño, M. Jesús Pinazo, M. Jesús Pinazo ORCID, Juan Cabezos, José Muñoz, Francesc Zarzuela ORCID, Joan A. Caylà
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Abstract Background The objective of this study was to compare cases of imported malaria originating from the Spanish ex-colony of Equatorial Guinea (EG) with those originating from the rest of Africa (RA). Methods All the African cases detected in Barcelona between 1989 and 2007 were investigated in a retrospective analysis. Clinical-epidemiological variables such as sex, age, visiting friends and relatives (VFR), species, hospital admission and chemo-prophylaxis were compared. Data were analysed by logistic regression, calculating the Odds Ratio (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI). Results Of the 489 African patients, 279 (57,1%) had been born in EG and 210 (42,9%) in the rest of Africa. The cumulative incidence of imported malaria among those from EG was 179.6 per thousand inhabitants, while in those from the RA it was 33.7 per thousand (p