[Malaria brought from the tropics to the port town of Kłajpeda].

Cases of malaria brought by persons returning from tropical regions of Africa, Asia and South America appearing in 1978-1987 were analysed. Malaria was found in 46 of 4775 examined patients. Mostly subtropical malaria, less often tertiary malarial fever and mild tertiary malaria were diagnosed, and exceptionally quartan malaria. There is a danger of permanent introduction of malaria as a native disease in the Latvian, USSR, as the climate favours sporogonia of the plasmodia in gnats.