Table 1.
Annual incidence and references of non-imported malaria cases reported in Italy in 2000–2018
| Years | N. of non-imported cases |
Plasmodium species |
Event definition |
Reference | % (Total cases) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | P. falciparum | Induced (nosocomial) | 40 | 0.10 (977) |
| 2001 | 0 | – | – | 0.00 (888) | |
| 2002 | 0 | – | – | 0.00 (733) | |
| 2003 | 1 | P. falciparum | Induced (suspected) | 0.15 (681) | |
| 2004 | 2 | P. falciparum | Induced (post-transplant) | 0.30 (673) | |
| P. falciparum | Cryptic | ||||
| 2005 | 1 | P. malariae | Induced (transfusional) | 41 | 0.16 (637) |
| 2006 | 0 | – | – | 0.0 (630) | |
| 2007 | 2 | P. falciparum | Induced (suspected) | 0.35 (575) | |
| P. falciparum | Induced (suspected) | ||||
| 2008 | 2 | P. vivax | Cryptic | 0.34 (583) | |
| P. falciparum | Induced (suspected) | ||||
| 2009 | 2 | P. vivax | Introduced (suspected) | 21 | 0.31 (636) |
| P. falciparum | Induced (suspected) | ||||
| 2010 | 2 | P. ovale | Cryptic | 0.29 (700) | |
| P. malariae | Induced (suspected) | ||||
| 2011 | 1 | P. vivax | Introduced (suspected) | 21 | 0.14 (701) |
| 2012 | 1 | P. falciparum | Cryptic | 0.16 (642) | |
| 2013 | 2 | P. malariae | Induced (suspected) | 0.30 (677) | |
| P. falciparum | Induced (suspected) | ||||
| 2014 | 2 | P. falciparum | Cryptic | 0.28 (705) | |
| P. malariae | Cryptic | ||||
| 2015 | 1 | P. malariae | Cryptic | 0.14 (706) | |
| 2016 | 0 | – | – | 0.00 (888) | |
| TOTAL | 20 | 0.17 (12,032) | |||
| 2017 | 7 | P. ovale | Cryptic | 43,44 | 0.84 (831) |
| P. falciparum | Induced (nosocomial) | 10,11 | |||
| P. falciparum | Induced (nosocomial) | 11 | |||
| P. falciparum | Cryptic | 42,45 | |||
| P. falciparum | Cryptic | 42,45 | |||
| P. falciparum | Cryptic | 42,45 | |||
| P. falciparum | Cryptic | 42,45 | |||
| 2018 | 3 | P. falciparum | Cryptic | 51 | 0.42 (722) |
| P. falciparum | Cryptic | ||||
| P. falciparum | Cryptic | ||||
| TOTAL | 10 | 0.64 (1553) |