| imported malaria in southern taiwan from 1991 to 2002: a single hospital's experience. | malaria, a major public health problem worldwide, is a predominant infectious disease in most tropical and subtropical countries. before 1965, taiwan was a hyperendemic area, but most cases are now imported. we present our experience of dealing with various malaria infections. charts of malaria patients visiting university hospitals in southern taiwan between january 1991 and june 2002 were available for review. all diagnoses were made by positive blood smear and detailed history that included c ... | 2003 | 12962427 |
| heterologous immunity in human malaria. | | 1973 | 4201093 |
| [imported case of malaria in taiwan: analysis of 11 cases]. | the "eradication of malaria" in taiwan was announced by who in 1965. from 1966 to 1989, 919 malaria cases were detected in taiwan. of these cases, 803 were classified as imported malaria. during 1977 to 1989, our hospital collected 11 cases of imported malaria, 6 of plasmodium falciparum (pf), including 1 suspicious case, 2 of plasmodium vivax (pv), 1 of mixed infection (pf plus pv), and 2 unclassified. most of the patients presented clinically with fever and chills. hepatosplenomegaly was the m ... | 1991 | 1677409 |
| relapse of imported vivax malaria despite standard-dose primaquine therapy: an investigation with molecular genotyping analyses. | taiwan cdc investigated four cases of recurrent imported vivax malaria during 2003-2010. molecular genotyping results and the lack of inter-episodes travel history indicated that two of the patients, who acquired vivax malaria in indonesia and the solomon islands, respectively, suffered relapses after an interval of 3-4 months, despite completing standard-dose primaquine therapy (30 mg/day for 14 days) for the first episode. treatment with a higher dose of primaquine (60 mg/day for 14 days) prev ... | 2012 | 22448875 |