ABOUT IMPORTED MALARIA IN UKRAINE

Golubiatnikov M. I., Bakhmutsan O. Yu., Borisenko O. I. ABOUT IMPORTED MALARIA IN UKRAINE. ВІСНИК МОРСЬКОЇ МЕДИЦИНИ. 2019;1(82):51-56. ISSN 0049-6804. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2639545  

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2639545

ABOUT IMPORTED MALARIA IN UKRAINE

Golubiatnikov M. I., Bakhmutsan O. Yu., Borisenko O. I.

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SE “Water Transport Laboratory Centre under the Ministry of Health Care of Ukraine”, Odessa

e-mail: nymba.od@gmail.com

Summary. Golubiatnikov M. I., Bakhmutsan O. Yu., Borisenko O. I. ABOUT IMPORTED MALARIA IN UKRAINE. – SE “Water Transport Laboratory Centre under the Ministry of Health Care of Ukraine”, Odessa.- e-mail: nymba.od@gmail.com. Malaria is one of the most widespread infectious diseases of our time, causing 655 000 deaths during 2010 (WHO). During the last few years an increasing number of imported malaria cases is reported in Europe and Mediterranean countries, supported by the increasing number of international travel in association with the important influx of immigrants from malaria-endemic countries. The presence of Anopheline vectors in Mediterranean countries, the returned infected travellers, including seafarers as a source of parasite and climate changes may result in the reappearance of malaria in countries where it was previously eradicated, e.g. Ukraine, especially its Southern regions. Several cases of autochthonous malaria have recently been reported to support the need of an ongoing surveillance for mosquito control and an increased vigilance by health professionals. The aim of this paper is to analyse the statistics as to the situation with imported malaria in Ukraine for ten past years, critically review all the available literature about the problemmentioned and the potential consequences of this.

Key words: imported malaria, infected traveler, seafarer.