imported malaria in qatar: a one year hospital-based study in 2005. | a study was conducted to describe the clinical presentation, epidemiology and outcome of imported malaria in patients admitted to hamad medical corporation, qatar, between 1st january and 31st december 2005. during a one-year study, 81 patients [64 (79%) males and 17 (21%) females] were studied. the median age was 26 years. most infections were caused by plasmodium vivax, and pakistan was the most common area of malaria acquisition. the median times between last arrival in qatar and the onset of ... | 2009 | 19237144 |