Malaria in Austria 1990-2000

Euro Surveill. 2003 Apr;8(4):91-6. doi: 10.2807/esm.08.04.00408-en.

Abstract

In Austria, between 1990 and 2000, 924 travel related malaria cases were reported (mean = 84/year). No significant decreasing or increasing trends were observed. P. falciparum (n=517; 55.9%) accounted for the highest number of cases followed by P. vivax or ovale (n=321; 34.7%) and P. malariae (n=29; 2.2%). Most infections were contracted in highly endemic malaria regions (n=686; 74.2%) and most cases were reported from the largest counties: Vienna (n=336, 36.4%), Styria (n=156, 16.8%), and Lower Austria (n=151, 16.3%). Overall, 12 deaths occurred, most were caused by P. falciparum (n=9, 75%; case fatality rate: 1.9%). Data on chemoprophylaxis was available for 752 cases (81.4%) but only half of them (n=367, 48.8%) gave detailed information on the drug used. Data on compliance were obtained for only 45.4% of the cases, with only about 60% of patients completing the full course of prophylaxis.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Animals
  • Austria / epidemiology
  • Chemoprevention / methods
  • Chemoprevention / statistics & numerical data
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Disease Notification / methods
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Malaria / epidemiology*
  • Malaria / mortality
  • Malaria / prevention & control
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / mortality
  • Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Vivax / mortality
  • Malaria, Vivax / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Mefloquine / therapeutic use
  • Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification
  • Plasmodium malariae / drug effects
  • Plasmodium malariae / isolation & purification
  • Plasmodium vivax / drug effects
  • Plasmodium vivax / isolation & purification
  • Proguanil / therapeutic use
  • Pyrimethamine / therapeutic use
  • Sex Distribution
  • Sulfadoxine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination
  • Sulfadoxine
  • Chloroquine
  • Proguanil
  • Mefloquine
  • Pyrimethamine