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Table 1 Characteristics of seven cases of malaria treated at our facility, 2010-2012

From: Imported malaria in Albania and the risk factors that could allow its reappearance

Type of malaria

Age of the patient (years)

Sex

Diagnostic procedure

Country where possibly infected (year of registration)

Arrival in Albania to hospitalization (days)

Outcome

Plasmodium vivax

37

Male

Blood smear

Greece (2010)

26

Survived

Plasmodium vivax

41

Male

Blood smear

Greece (2010)

7

Survived

Plasmodium falciparum

29

Male

Blood smear

Equatorial Guinea (2012)

4

Survived

Plasmodium falciparum

32

Male

Blood smear

Equatorial Guinea (2012)

4

Survived

Plasmodium falciparum (cerebral)

32

Male

Blood smear

Equatorial Guinea (2012)

2

Survived

Plasmodium falciparum

45

Male

Blood smear

Equatorial Guinea (2012)

8

Survived

Plasmodium ovale

39

Male

Blood smear

Equatorial Guinea (2012)

12

Survived