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Query: UMLS:C0024530 (malaria)
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Cases of malaria occasionally arise among individuals who have never visited a malarious area. Such patients, who also lack a history of blood transfusions or intravenous drug abuse, are usually shown to have "airport malaria". Most reports of airport malaria consist of case histories, although some epidemiological reviews have also appeared. The clinical and epidemiological features of 29 cases of airport malaria that were reported in Europe from 1969 to 1988 are reviewed here. Although airport malaria is rare, the apparent absence of risk factors for the disease in a patient's history can result in delays in diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Tests to exclude malaria should therefore be carried out on patients who work at or live near an international airport and who present with acute febrile illnesses.
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PMID:Airport malaria: a review. 269 78

This study reviewed the literature on the history of needle sharing and intravenous drug abuse. Reports suggest that needle sharing was practiced by drug abusers as early as 1902 in China and 1914 in the United States. Intravenous drug abuse was first mentioned in the literature in 1925. However other references suggest that some opioid users were injecting intravenously prior to 1920. Outbreaks of malaria in Egypt, the United States, and China between 1929 and 1937 were attributed to needle sharing and intravenous injection of opioids. These reports suggest that both needle sharing and intravenous drug use were common by 1937. Factors such as medical use of intravenous injections, enactment and zealous enforcement of antinarcotic laws, and interactions among drug users in institutional settings such as regional hospitals and prisons may have contributed to the spread of both needle sharing and the intravenous technique among drug abusers.
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PMID:The intravenous injection of illicit drugs and needle sharing: an historical perspective. 925 Sep 47