Whitfield D, Curtis C F, White G B, Targett G A, Warhurst D C, Bradley D J
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1984 Dec 8;289(6458):1607-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6458.1607.
Two cases of severe falciparum malaria contracted in the United Kingdom occurred in residents of Sussex, living 10 and 15 km from Gatwick airport. One patient was the landlord of a public house much frequented by aircrew, and the other was the wife of a worker at the airport, who travelled close to the public house on the probable date she contracted her infection. Transmission was most probably due to the bite of an infected imported tropical anopheline mosquito transported in a vehicle from the aircraft to the site of transmission during the very hot and humid weather of July 1983. Prevention of further cases depends on increased diligence in "blocks-away" destruction of insects in aircraft flying from endemic areas, but there is a need for more study of acceptable alternative ways of delivering the insecticide. This "airport malaria" is well recognised on the continent, and physicians should be aware of its existence in those who have not travelled abroad but live or work near international airports.
在英国感染严重恶性疟的两例病例发生在苏塞克斯郡的居民中，他们居住在距离盖特威克机场10公里和15公里处。一名患者是一家常有机组人员光顾的酒馆老板，另一名患者是机场一名工作人员的妻子，她在可能感染的日期在靠近酒馆的地方出行。传播很可能是由于1983年7月非常炎热潮湿的天气期间，一只受感染的进口热带按蚊在车辆中从飞机被运送到传播地点时叮咬所致。预防更多病例的发生取决于在从流行地区飞来的飞机上更严格地进行“远距离”灭虫工作，但需要对施用杀虫剂的可接受替代方法进行更多研究。这种“机场疟疾”在欧洲大陆已广为人知，医生应该意识到在未出过国但在国际机场附近居住或工作的人群中可能存在这种疾病。
