| [imported malaria: epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic data of 74 patients during 1 year in the academic medical center, amsterdam]. | to gain insight into the changes concerning diagnosis and treatment of malaria since 1984. | 1994 | 8152512 |
| the use of quinine for treatment and control of malaria in the netherlands. | the manufacturing of quinine in the netherlands began shortly after 1820; large scale production started with the foundation of the amsterdam chinine factory in 1881. the quantity of sold quinine in the province of north-holland leads retrospectively to the conclusion that an epidemic of malaria had occurred around 1880. at the start of a new epidemic in 1899, it was demonstrated that quinine killed the bloodforms of tertian malaria immediately. however, 50% of the patients experienced a relapse ... | 1995 | 8650735 |
| [increase of malaria among migrants in amsterdam-zuidoost]. | in a general practice in amsterdam southeast in 1998 a delayed first attack of plasmodium ovale infection was diagnosed in a 13-year-old girl from ghana, malaria tropica with a low parasitaemia index in a 43-year-old ghanaian man and a 8-year-old ghanaian girl, and plasmodium vivax infection in a 44-year-old surinam woman. the ghanaian patients had visited their native country, the surinam woman had contracted the infection during a visit to india. all patients responded well to antimalaria medi ... | 2000 | 10674108 |
| patterns of imported malaria at the academic medical center, amsterdam, the netherlands. | in the netherlands, cases of imported malaria peaked in the late 1990s to around 500 (60% plasmodium falciparum) annually. about 30% to 40% of all cases and 57% to 69% of the falciparum cases presented in the academic medical center, amsterdam. in 1991 to 1994, a shift in population groups to more semi-immune patients, mostly settled immigrants visiting friends and relatives (vfrs), was noticed, when compared to 1979 to 1988. this study shows the ongoing trend in 2000 to 2002. | 2006 | 16412103 |