| malaria among seamen in klaipeda in 1999-2008. | in the 10 years from 1999 to 2008, 33 imported malaria cases were recorded in klaipeda, in 31 people from lithuania and in 2 foreigners, from 1 to 8 cases per year. among them, there were 28 infections of seafarers, who were probably infected in west africa, nigeria, cameroon, or angola. for all of them, malaria was a work-related health risk. plasmodia of all species were detected in their blood, but in the majority of cases (24) it was plasmodium falciparum. in all cases, the diagnosis was con ... | 2009 | 20205124 |