Trends in imported malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain (+Redivi Collaborative Network).
Francesca F NormanBegoña Treviño-MaruriJosé Manuel Ruiz GiardínBeatriz Gullón-PeñaFernando SalvadorNuria SerreMarta Diaz MenéndezEva CalabuigAzucena Rodriguez-GuardadoItxaso LombideAna Pérez-AyalaDiego TorrúsJosune GoikoetxeaMagdalena García-RodriguezJose A Pérez-Molinanull nullPublished in: Journal of travel medicine (2022)
After an initial decline associated with travel restrictions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in imported malaria and a significant increase in cases of severe malaria was observed. Patients with imported malaria may present and/or be diagnosed late during this public health crisis and health care professionals should be alerted to the recent increase in severe cases.