Imported malaria in Cuba. Some considerations on its epidemiology, surveillance and control
Peña Molina, E.; Rodríguez Jústiz, F.; Pividal Grana, J.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 40(2): 82-96
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 3067281 Document Number: 322208
The epidemiologic significance of imported malaria and the risks it poses for receptive areas such as Cuba, where the disease has been eradicated, is described. In the last 17 years the number of cases of malaria in Cuba has shown a growing trend. Likewise, an average of 17 annual cases seen in the fiveyear period 1979-1974, rose to 379 cases on average for the five-year period 1980-1984. The most frequently found species in 1980-1986 was Plasmedium vivax, which had caused 60,3% of cases. The annual participation of P. falciparum increased from 1984 on, and in 1986 it caused 67% of cases. The increasingly frequent evidence of cases imported from Angola with a nonsatisfactory response to treatment with chloroquine and fansidar is emphasized. A model of imported malaria, its component parts, is described. Information on malaria surveillance and control activities that have been carried out in our country for many years is provided.