Malaria in a metropolitan region of Southern Germany: past, present and future perspectives on a protozoan infection with the potential of re-appearance in Central Europe.

An autochthonous nature of the infections were very likely, as the patients had not stayed in classical risk areas [ 45 ]. Malaria in Erlangen—present situation At the Institute for Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene of the University Hospital Erlangen, a total of 223 peripheral blood tests for suspected malaria were carried out from 2010 to 2023 with an increasing trend (2010 n = 3, 2023 n = 42; Fig. 4 ). 29 of the tested samples were positive (13%).

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