Prevention of Malaria Resurgence in Greece through the Association of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to Immigrants from Malaria-Endemic Regions and Standard Control Measures

Greece was declared malaria-free in 1974 after a long antimalarial fight. In 2011–2012, an outbreak of P. vivax malaria was reported in Evrotas, an agricultural area in Southern Greece, where a large number of immigrants from endemic countries live and work. A total of 46 locally acquired and 38 imp...

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Main Authors: Tseroni, Maria, Baka, Agoritsa, Kapizioni, Christina, Snounou, Georges, Tsiodras, Sotirios, Charvalakou, Maria, Georgitsou, Maria, Panoutsakou, Maria, Psinaki, Ioanna, Tsoromokou, Maria, Karakitsos, George, Pervanidou, Danai, Vakali, Annita, Mouchtouri, Varvara, Georgakopoulou, Theano, Mamuris, Zissis, Papadopoulos, Nikos, Koliopoulos, George, Badieritakis, Evangelos, Diamantopoulos, Vasilis, Tsakris, Athanasios, Kremastinou, Jenny, Hadjichristodoulou, Christos
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652894/