Evoluția malariei de import în Republica Moldova în ultimii cinci ani

Valentin Cebotarescu; Victor Pântea; Lilia Cojuhari; Lidia Placinta; Gheorghe Savin; Camelia Glavan; Svetlana Macovschi; Gheorghe Placinta

Authors

Valentin Cebotarescu Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1089-0038
Victor Pantea Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3996-3317
Lilia Cojuhari Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5211-6476
Lidia Placinta Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9969-867X
Gheorghe Savin Republican Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Toma Ciorba"
Camelia Glavan Republican Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Toma Ciorba" https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7328-1085
Svetlana Macovschi Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Gheorghe Placinta Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5964-1572

Keywords:

malaria, Pl. falciparum, Pl. Ovale

Abstract

Malaria is an infectious disease commonly found in many tropical and subtropical areas and is a priority public health problem. It is the most widespread disease in tropical areas and the most frequent imported disease in non-endemic areas, including the Republic of Moldova, where imported malaria cases are registered annually. The retrospective and prospective study refers to a group of 20 patients diagnosed with imported Malaria, hospitalized in IMSP SCBI „Toma Ciorbă”, during the last 6 years, between 01.08.2018 - 01.08. 2023. The geographical areas where the patients came from were mainly the states of sub-Saharan Africa with the predominance of areas in West Africa 13 patients. Most 17/20 patients were with Pl. Falciparum and only 3 with Pl. Ovale. The clinical manifestations were characteristic with fever 38°-40°C, chills, headache, sweating, asthenia, myalgias, arthralgias and loss of appetite, but the day of addressing the patients to the hospital was quite late, constituting an average of 6 days. The evolution of the disease was with the predominance of severe forms with 2 cases of death.

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