Lorenzo Zammarchi, Nicoletta Di Lauria, Filippo Bartalesi, Lorenzo Roberto Suardi, Giampaolo Corti, Jessica Mencarini, Daniela Boccolini, Carlo Severini, Luigi Gradoni, Carla Buonamici, Giorgio Garofalo, Anna Maria Bartolesi, Nunziata Ciccone, Andrea Berni, Loredana Poggesi, Fabrizio Niccolini, Gian Maria Rossolini, Roberto Romi and Alessandro Bartoloni

In August 2018 a Moroccan man living in Tuscany developed Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The patient declared having not recently visited any endemic country, leading to diagnostic delay and severe malaria. As susceptibility to P. falciparum of Anopheles species in Tuscany is very low, and other risk factors for acquiring malaria could not be completely excluded, the case remains cryptic, similar to other P. falciparum malaria cases previously reported in African individuals living in Apulia in 2017.…

Raquel Medialdea-Carrera, Tanya Melillo, Charmaine Gauci, Graziella Rocco and Maria Louise Borg

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Malaria -- DR CongoPeople are catching Ebola when seeking out treatment for malaria -- experts say there have been 8 times more malaria cases this year [2018] than last [2017] in North Kivu, and aid workers are proactively handing out drugs and mosquito nets to 450 000 residents. In addition, experts say people suffering from Ebola and malaria are becoming mixed up, making it more difficult to control the fast-spreading virus.The number of people catching malaria has spiked this year [2018] in the North Kivu…

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Malaria -- United KingdomA safari park is to permanently close its penguin enclosure after several birds died following a 2nd outbreak of malaria. Longleat in Wiltshire said a number of Humboldt penguins had died after contracting the avian strain of the disease from mosquitoes.Avian malaria cannot be passed on to humans, but the park has decided to close Penguin Island to visitors. The safari park described it as "a difficult decision".Longleat said it had put measures in place to protect the birds since the…

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Malaria -- SudanPeople in the camps for the displaced in North Darfur complain of the spread of malaria."There is no home free of malaria in Zamzam camp," a community leader reported to Radio Dabanga. "The same is true for the camps of Abu Shouk, Tawila, Kassab, Fata Borno, and Kabkabiya."The sheikh said that the disease, spread by mosquitoes, "appears to be more widespread than during the last rainy seasons". He added that most displaced people cannot afford to buy medicines anymore. "With these…

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Malaria -- GreeceGreek health officials have reported 9 autochthonous non-_Plasmodium falciparum_ malaria cases since August [2018].Case investigation of the 9 introduced cases (8 _P. vivax_ and one non-_P. falciparum_) showed:- 1 _P. vivax_ case with probable exposure at the municipal unit of Tichero, municipality of Soufli, regional unit (RU) of Evros, with onset of symptoms the week of 20-26 Aug 2018;- 1 _P. vivax_ case with probable exposure at the municipal unit of Feres, municipality of…