Prevention of Malaria Resurgence in Greece through the Association of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to Immigrants from Malaria-Endemic Regions and Standard Control Measures.

• Main Authors: Maria Tseroni (Author), Agoritsa Baka (Author), Christina Kapizioni (Author), Georges Snounou (Author), Sotirios Tsiodras (Author), Maria Charvalakou (Author), Maria Georgitsou (Author), Maria Panoutsakou (Author), Ioanna Psinaki (Author), Maria Tsoromokou (Author), George Karakitsos (Author), Danai Pervanidou (Author), Annita Vakali (Author), Varvara Mouchtouri (Author), Theano Georgakopoulou (Author), Zissis Mamuris (Author), Nikos Papadopoulos (Author), George Koliopoulos (Author), Evangelos Badieritakis (Author), Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Author), Athanasios Tsakris (Author), Jenny Kremastinou (Author), Christos Hadjichristodoulou (Author), MALWEST Project (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Greece was declared malaria-free in 1974 after a long antimalarial fight. In 2011-2012, an outbreak of P. vivax malaria was reported in Evrotas, an agricultural area in Southern Greece, where a large number of immigrants from endemic countries live and work. A total of 46 locally acquired and 38 imp...