TY - JOUR

T1 - Genotyping Plasmodium vivax isolates from the 2011 outbreak in Greece

AU - Spanakos, Gregory

AU - Alifrangis, Michael

AU - Schousboe, Mette L

AU - Patsoula, Eleni

AU - Tegos, Nicholas

AU - Hansson, Helle H

AU - Bygbjerg, Ib C

AU - Vakalis, Nicholas C

AU - Tseroni, Maria

AU - Kremastinou, Jenny

AU - Hadjichristodoulou, Christos

PY - 2013/12/27

Y1 - 2013/12/27

N2 - Plasmodium vivax malaria was common in Greece until the 1950s with epidemics involving thousands of cases every year. Greece was declared free of malaria by the World Health Organization in 1974. From 1974 to 2010, an average of 39 cases per year were reported, which were mainly imported. However, in 2009 and 2010 six and one autochthonous cases were reported culminating with a total of 40 autochthonous cases reported in 2011, of which 34 originated from a single region: Laconia of Southern Peloponnese. In this study the genotypic complexity of the P. vivax infections from the outbreak in Greece during 2011 is described, to elucidate the possible origin and spread of the disease.

AB - Plasmodium vivax malaria was common in Greece until the 1950s with epidemics involving thousands of cases every year. Greece was declared free of malaria by the World Health Organization in 1974. From 1974 to 2010, an average of 39 cases per year were reported, which were mainly imported. However, in 2009 and 2010 six and one autochthonous cases were reported culminating with a total of 40 autochthonous cases reported in 2011, of which 34 originated from a single region: Laconia of Southern Peloponnese. In this study the genotypic complexity of the P. vivax infections from the outbreak in Greece during 2011 is described, to elucidate the possible origin and spread of the disease.

U2 - 10.1186/1475-2875-12-463

DO - 10.1186/1475-2875-12-463

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 24373457

VL - 12

SP - 463

JO - Malaria Journal

JF - Malaria Journal

SN - 1475-2875

IS - 1

ER -