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Cluster of imported malaria from Gambia in Finland – travellers do not listen to given advice
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsCorrespondence:K Valvekirsi.valve ktl.fi
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Citation style for this article: . Cluster of imported malaria from Gambia in Finland – travellers do not listen to given advice. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(51):pii=19068. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.51.19068-en Received: 05 Dec 2008
Abstract
Twelve Finnish tourists contracted falciparum malaria from Gambia in the period between 3 and 27 November 2008. The travellers came from different parts of Finland and all except one had booked the trip from the same travel agency. Ten of them had received information about the risk of malaria in Gambia and protection from mosquito bites but none of them had used adequate malaria chemoprophylaxis.
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