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Cases of malaria acquired by international travelers from industrialized countries probably number 25,000 annually; of these, about 10,000 are reported, and 150 are fatal. These numbers are growing because of increased international travel, an increased risk of transmission in areas where malaria control has faded, and the spread of drug-resistant strains of malaria. Yet these numbers remain very small in comparison with the global burden of malaria in the world's malarious regions, where there are as many as 500 million cases annually and a death toll that takes the lives of 1 to 3 million children each year, mostly in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md.

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