Note on the malaria outbreak in users of injectable drugs

Authors

  • Luiz Carlos Barradas Barata Superintendência de Controle de Endemias
  • Maria Tereza Macoris Andriguetti Superintendência de Controle de Endemias
  • Marcia Caraça Cortás Superintendência de Controle de Endemias
  • Cleusa Meneguetti Escritório Regional de Saúde (ERSA) de Bauru

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101990000400011

Keywords:

Malaria^i2^sepidemiol, Substance abuse, Cocaine

Abstract

An outbreak of Plasmodium vivax malaria among drug addicts in Bauru, S. Paulo State, Brazil, is reported. Until July 1989,12 cases had been confirmed by thick smear examinations and 20 contacts were being investigated. All of them reported frequent use of intravenous cocaine and sharing of needles and syringes but deny having travelled through endemic malarial areas.

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Published

1990-08-01

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 4 (1990)

Section

Notes and Informations

How to Cite

Barata, L. C. B., Andriguetti, M. T. M., Cortás, M. C., & Meneguetti, C. (1990). Note on the malaria outbreak in users of injectable drugs . Revista De Saúde Pública, 24(4), 321-322. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101990000400011