Locally-acquired Plasmodium falciparum malaria on Darnley Island in the Torres Strait

Authors

  • Dave Harley Tropical Public Health Unit, PO Box 1103, Cairns, Queensland, 4870.
  • Gaynor Garstone Remote area nurse, Darnley Island, Torres Strait.
  • Brian L Montgomery Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns, Queensland.
  • Scott A Ritchie Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns, Queensland.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2001.25.33

Keywords:

malaria, Plasmodium falciparum malaria, outbreak, Torres Strait Islands

Abstract

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 3, August 2001 contains information on 4 cases of locally-acquired Plasmodium vivax malaria that were reported from north Queensland in the 1990s.

Australia was declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization in 1981. Locally acquired malaria is now uncommon in north Queensland. During the 1990s, 4 cases of locally-acquired Plasmodium vivax malaria were reported from north Queensland, consisting of single cases in Cape York and Cairns and 2 on Badu Island in the Torres Strait. The Torres Strait however, has a real risk of malaria transmission due to its proximity to Papua New Guinea (PNG) where malaria is endemic. We report on a locally-acquired case of P. falciparum malaria on Darnley Island in the Torres Strait.

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Published

30/08/01

How to Cite

Harley, Dave, Gaynor Garstone, Brian L Montgomery, and Scott A Ritchie. 2001. “Locally-Acquired Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria on Darnley Island in the Torres Strait”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 25 (August):151-53. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2001.25.33.

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Vol. 25 (2001)

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