| [imported malaria: a clinical and epidemiological description of 49 cases]. | malaria is the most common protozoan infection in the world. in 1964, it was considered eradicated in our country, all the new cases being declared as imported, the present migratory and tourism factors obviously having increased the incidence. we analyzed 49 cases of imported malaria diagnosed at "hospital de mar" in barcelona between 1976 and 1987. 14 patients were emigrants from endemic areas. africa as the continent (73.4%), and equatorial guinea as the country (44.8%) being the geographical ... | 1989 | 2491046 |
| [malaria imported by immigrants in catalonia]. | the aim of the present study was to analyze the epidemiologic aspects and particular features of malaria in immigrants in catalonia, spain. | 1995 | 7869778 |
| [imported paludism: an emerging illness]. | we aimed at knowing the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported malaria in maresme county (barcelona), spain. | 2002 | 12372168 |
| [molecular epidemiological surveillance of markers for antimalarial drugs in plasmodium falciparum isolates imported to barcelona, spain]. | there have been described compelling correlations between mutations in some plasmodium falciparum genes and resistance to antimalarial drugs. to apply molecular techniques in the mechanisms of epidemiological surveillance in the hospital clínic of barcelona and to map potential levels of resistance, we investigated the presence of mutations in the relevant codons of genes associated with resistance in p. falciparum isolates imported by travellers. | 2005 | 16159551 |
| imported malaria in a cosmopolitan european city: a mirror image of the world epidemiological situation. | international travel and migration have been related with an increase of imported malaria cases. there has been considerable immigration to barcelona from low-income countries (lic) in recent years. the objective is to describe the epidemiology and to determine the trends of the disease in barcelona. | 2008 | 18397524 |
| increased expression levels of the pvcrt-o and pvmdr1 genes in a patient with severe plasmodium vivax malaria. | there are increasing reports of severe clinical cases exclusively associated with plasmodium vivax infections. notably, this severity has been recently suggested to be associated with chloroquine resistance. | 2009 | 19341456 |
| imported malaria among african immigrants: is there still a relationship between developed countries and their ex-colonies? | 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). | 2009 | 19463171 |
| epidemiology of imported malaria among children and young adults in barcelona (1990-2008). | abstract: background: increasing international travel and migration is producing changes in trends in infectious diseases, especially in children from many european cities. the objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology and determine the trends of imported malaria in patients under 20 years old in the city of barcelona, spain during an 18-year period. methods: the study included malaria cases that were laboratory confirmed and reported to the malaria register at the public health ... | 2011 | 22118531 |
| clinical trials with … drugs? based on 2 projects in alzheimer's disease and malaria. | the biomedical research act (bra) regulates clinical research in humans, but not that related to clinical trials with medicinal products. this article describes the scientific and regulatory foundations supporting 2 projects which could be observed as clinical trials, can follow the bra requirements. one is a positron emission tomography study with radiopharmaceutical to determine the presence of amyloid-β protein deposition in certain areas of the brain of cognitively healthy adults. the other ... | 2014 | 23648125 |