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Allergy, immunity and infection, and allergy and clinical immunology joint session

G169 CHANGING EPIDEMIOLOGY OF IMPORTED MALARIA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
S. Ladhani¹, R. Aibara², M. Blaze³, V. Smith³, D. Shingadia¹.¹Academic Centre for Child Health, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, UK; ²Department of Paediatrics, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK; ³Malaria Reference Laboratory of the Health Protection Agency, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Aims: To describe the epidemiology of imported malaria in children in the United Kingdom

Methods: Surveillance data on imported malaria collected through an enhanced surveillance network set up by the Malaria Reference Laboratory were analysed for cases diagnosed between January 1999 and December 2003.

Results: Over the five year study period, 9238 cases were reported to the Malaria Reference Laboratory and children accounted for 1456 (14.8%) cases. The number of imported paediatric malaria cases fell from 326 in 1999 and 241 in 2003. Malaria infection occurred in children of all ages and the number of cases increased gradually with . . . [Full text of this article]