TY - JOUR AU - Matteelli, Alberto AU - Volonterio, Alberto AU - Gulletta, Maurizio AU - Galimberti, Laura AU - Maroccolo, Stefania AU - Gaiera, Giovanni AU - Giani, Gloria AU - Rossi, Maurizio AU - Dorigoni, Nicoletta AU - Bellina, Luca AU - Orlando, Giovanna AU - Bisoffi, Zeno AU - Castelli, Francesco T1 - Malaria in Illegal Chinese Immigrants, Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 6 SP - 1055 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A cluster of 22 imported malaria cases, 21 caused by Plasmodium falciparum, was observed among illegal Chinese immigrants in northern Italy in the summer of 2000. The rate of severe disease was high because the patients were not immune and they sought health-care services late in their illness because of their clandestine status. Recognition of the outbreak was delayed because no regional alert system among infectious diseases hospitals was in place. KW - malaria KW - vector-borne KW - plasmodium falciparum KW - Chinese immigrants KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid0706.010628 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/6/01-0628_article ER - End of Reference