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We describe a non-imported malaria case reported in January 2022 in Campo de Gibraltar and the investigations by local public health authorities to identify the transmission mechanism and subsequent measures to prevent local transmission. Vector transmission, parenteral transmission, airport malaria, and imported malaria were ruled out. No clear mechanism of transmission was identified. The most probable cause was a hospital-acquired infection since the case was admitted to hospital at the same time as a case of imported malaria.

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Epidemiological investigation of a case of malaria in a non-endemic area, Campo de Gibraltar, Cadiz, Spain, January 2022
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Boris+Verona+Mesia&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Verona Mesia Boris</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nuria+L%C3%B3pez-Ruiz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">López-Ruiz Nuria</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Enric+Duran-Pla&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Duran-Pla Enric</a></span>. Epidemiological investigation of a case of malaria in a non-endemic area, Campo de Gibraltar, Cadiz, Spain, January 2022. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2022;27(46):pii=2200786. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200786" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200786</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 07 Oct 2022;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 17 Nov 2022 </span> </p>
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