TY - JOUR AU - Calderaro, Adriana AU - Piccolo, Giovanna AU - Montecchini, Sara AU - Buttrini, Mirko AU - Rossi, Sabina AU - Dell’Anna, Maria Loretana AU - De Remigis, Valeria AU - Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina AU - Chezzi, Carlo AU - De Conto, Flora PY - 2018 DA - 2018/02/05 TI - High prevalence of malaria in a non-endemic setting: comparison of diagnostic tools and patient outcome during a four-year survey (2013–2017) JO - Malaria Journal SP - 63 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Malaria is no longer endemic in Italy since 1970 when the World Health Organization declared Italy malaria-free, but it is now the most commonly imported disease. The aim of the study was to analyse the trend of imported malaria cases in Parma, Italy, during January 2013–June 2017, reporting also the treatment and the outcome of cases, exploring the comparison of the three diagnostic tests used for malaria diagnosis: microscopy, immunochromatographic assay (ICT) (BinaxNOW®) and Real-time PCR assays detecting Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale curtisi, Plasmodium ovale wallikeri, and Plasmodium knowlesi. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2218-4 DO - 10.1186/s12936-018-2218-4 ID - Calderaro2018 ER -