Fonseca, Ana GlóriaDias, Sara S.Baptista, Joao LuisTorgal, Jorge2026-05-072026-05-072014-06-13Fonseca, A. G., Dias, S. S., Baptista, J. L., & Torgal, J. (2014). The Burden of Imported Malaria in Portugal 2003 to 2012. Journal of Travel Medicine, 21(5), 354–356. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtm.121411195-19821708-8305http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/16247Increasing international travel and expatriation to sub-Saharan countries where malaria is endemic has raised public health concerns about the burden of imported malaria cases in Portugal. From 2009 to 2012, there was a 60% increase in malaria hospitalizations, contradicting the declining trend observed since 2003. Older age was associated with longer length of stay in hospital and higher lethality.engmalariaPortugalimported caseshospitalizationstravel epidemiologyjournal article10.1111/jtm.12141