| trends in imported malaria to basel, switzerland. | due to persistent international travel and immigration trends, imported malaria remains to be of clinical and public health importance in nonendemic countries. the aim of this study was to investigate trends in imported malaria over a period of more than three decades. | 2008 | 19090798 |
| malaria at the university hospital and the st.-clara hospital, basel, in the period of 1970-1979. | history, chemoprophylaxis, symptoms, signs, and therapy in 40 malaria patients hospitalised at the university hospital and the st.-clara hospital, basel, in the period of 1970 to 1979 are reported. these patients have been infected to a major part (85%) in africa. 36 of them are europeans and only 4 are citizens of a nation with endemic malaria. 64% of the identified plasmodia were p. falciparum. special interest is focused on the problems of intensive care of the 13 cases of malaria with severe ... | 1983 | 6370473 |
| hospital admissions for malaria in basel, switzerland: an epidemiological review of 150 cases. | the increase in international travel and immigration from tropical countries has led to a growing number of imported malaria cases in industrialized countries. we analyzed the charts of every patient hospitalized for malaria from 1970-1992 in basel, switzerland. a period lasting from 1970-1986 was compared to 1987-1992. there were 150 malaria-episodes recorded. over time, the number of immigrants increased from 12 to 27% (p <.05). more patients were admitted with plasmodium falciparum-infection ... | 2000 | 10759578 |
| [falciparum malaria in switzerland: a problem of intensive care?]. | in the period 1972-1976, 5 of 17 patients admitted to the cantonal hospital, basel, for falciparum malaria had to be treated in the intensive care unit. two patients died. none had performed regular chemoprophylaxis and in all of them several days had elapsed between onset of symptoms and diagnosis. the importance of information on malaria to tourists and physicians is stressed. | 1977 | 337475 |
| [epidemiology and clinical aspects of malaria in the canton hospital and in st. clara hospital, basel 1970-1992]. | history, signs and symptoms, chemoprophylaxis and management of 150 malaria patients hospitalized at the university hospital and st. clara hospital (claraspital) of basel, switzerland, were analyzed from 1970 to 1992. mainly due to increasing travel in endemic areas, an increase from 3.2 cases per year for the years 1970 to 1981 to 9.5 cases per year for the years 1982 to 1992 occurred. in the latest period, more patients had to be admitted to the intensive care unit (14.0% from 1970 to 1986, 28 ... | 1996 | 8848666 |