Imported malaria cases and deaths, United Kingdom: 1991 - 2010

Data from th HPA Malaria Reference Laboratory

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Year	*P.falciparum	P.vivax	P.ovale	P.malariae	Mixed	P unspecified	Total	Deaths
2010	1263	350	99	37	12	-	1761	7
2009	1179	205	69	36	6	-	1495	6
2008	1087	177	76	20	9	1	1370	6
2007	1139	256	108	30	15	-	1548	5
2006	1386	219	106	26	20	-	1758(†)	8
2005	1338	258	116	29	10	3	1754	11
2004	1221	278	121	28	12	-	1660	5
2003	1339	206	134	27	15	1	1722	16
2002	1469	284	134	43	13	2	1945	9
2001	1576	263	157	37	16	1	2050	9
2000	1576	322	124	30	16	1	2069	16
1999	1504	374	113	41	11	2	2045	14
1998	1388	484	157	26	17	1	2073	7
1997	1401	790	125	27	20	1	2364	13
1996	1283	1014	134	35	33	1	2500	11
1995	1112	742	143	29	29	-	2055	4
1994	1178	501	125	44	39	-	1887	11
1993	1048	708	116	20	30	-	1922	5
1992	935	512	120	24	38	-	1629	10
1991	1268	863	133	21	47	-	2332	12

* P is Plasmodium

†In April 2006, there was one report of Plasmodium knowlesi reported in a traveller who had been to Brunei. P. knowlesi is an extremely rare cause of malaria in humans; it is a primate malaria parasite whose hosts include crab-eating macaques, pig-tailed macaques, and leaf monkeys. It is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Anopheles leucosphyrus group. Natural infection in humans, in whom it resembles P. malariae, was first reported in 1965. Occasional sporadic cases have occurred since then. So far, P. knowlesi has been found in humans in Malaysia, Malaysian Borneo, and Thailand [Jongwutiwes S, Putaporntip C, Iwasaki T, Sata T, Kanbara H. Naturally acquired Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a human, Thailand. Emerg Inf Dis 2004; 10 (12): 2211-3. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol10no12/04-0293.htm.

Imported malaria cases and deaths, United Kingdom: 1991 - 2010

Graph showing imported malaria cases, United Kingdom: 1991 - 2010

Last reviewed: 19 April 2011