Genotyping Plasmodium vivax isolates from the 2011 outbreak in Greece

Gregory Spanakos; Michael Alifrangis; Mette L Schousboe; Eleni Patsoula; Nicholas Tegos; Helle H Hansson; Ib C Bygbjerg; Nicholas C Vakalis; Maria Tseroni; Jenny Kremastinou; Christos Hadjichristodoulou

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-463

Genotyping Plasmodium vivax isolates from the 2011 outbreak in Greece

Gregory Spanakos, Michael Alifrangis, Mette L Schousboe, Eleni Patsoula, Nicholas Tegos, Helle H Hansson, Ib C Bygbjerg, Nicholas C Vakalis, Maria Tseroni, Jenny Kremastinou, Christos Hadjichristodoulou

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Abstract

Plasmodium vivax malaria was common in Greece until the 1950s with epidemics involving thousands of cases every year. Greece was declared free of malaria by the World Health Organization in 1974. From 1974 to 2010, an average of 39 cases per year were reported, which were mainly imported. However, in 2009 and 2010 six and one autochthonous cases were reported culminating with a total of 40 autochthonous cases reported in 2011, of which 34 originated from a single region: Laconia of Southern Peloponnese. In this study the genotypic complexity of the P. vivax infections from the outbreak in Greece during 2011 is described, to elucidate the possible origin and spread of the disease.

Original language	English
Journal	Malaria Journal
Volume	12
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	463
ISSN	1475-2875
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-463
Publication status	Published - 27 Dec 2013

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