Volume 17, Number 5—May 2011
CME ACTIVITY
Severe Imported Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, France, 1996–2003
Elise Seringe, Marc Thellier, Arnaud Fontanet, Fabrice Legros, Olivier Bouchaud, Thierry Ancelle, Eric Kendjo, Sandrine Houze, Jacques Le Bras, Martin Danis, Rémy Durand
, and for the French National Reference Center for Imported Malaria Study Group
, and for the French National Reference Center for Imported Malaria Study GroupTable 3
Distribution of Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases and severe cases by calendar year, France, 1996–2003*
| Year | P. falciparum malaria cases | No. (%) severe cases | Deaths | CFR for all cases, % | CFR for severe cases, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1,804 | 96 (5.3) | 8 | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 2,057 | 94 (4.5) | 10 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 1998 | 2,459 | 115 (4.7) | 9 | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| 1999 | 3,385 | 118 (3.5) | 9 | 0.2 | 7.6 |
| 2000† | 3,355 | 84 (2.5) | 12 | 0.3 | 14.3 |
| 2001 | 3,035 | 90 (3.0) | 13 | 0.4 | 14.4 |
| 2002 | 2,919 | 105 (3.6) | 15 | 0.5 | 14.3 |
| 2003 | 2,874 | 130 (4.5) | 20 | 0.7 | 15.3 |
| Total | 21,888 | 832 (3.8) | 96 | 0.4 | 11.3 |
*CFR, case-fatality rate.
†Year World Health Organization revised definition for severe P. falciparum malaria.
1Additional members of the French National Reference Center for Imported Malaria Study Group who contributed data are listed in the Technical Appendix.
