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Two fatal autochthonous cases of airport malaria, Belgium, 2020. <i>Eurosurveillance 27(16)</i>: 2100724. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.16.2100724\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.16.2100724</a>","BEntID":357343,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":0,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Eurosurveillance 27(16)</i>: 2100724. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.16.2100724\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.16.2100724</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Van Bortel, W.; Van den Poel, B.; Hermans, G.; Vanden Driessche, M.; Molzahn, H.; Deblauwe, I.; De Wolf, K.; Schneider, A.; Van Hul, N.; Müller, R.; Wilmaerts, L.; Gombeer, S.; Smitz, N.; Kattenberg, J.H.; Monsieurs, P.; Rosanas-Urgell, A.; Van Esbroeck, M.; Bottieau, E.; Maniewski-Kelner, U.; Rebolledo, J.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Van Bortel, W. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"We report an outbreak investigation of two fatal cases of autochthonous Plasmodium falciparum malaria that occurred in Belgium in September 2020. 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