Table 1

Key recommendations for public health management in malaria infections outside endemic areas

• Rapid and regular assessment of new information by a team of clinicians, malaria experts, entomologists and public health experts

• Timeline of events with incubation times for different transmission scenarios to assess their probability

• Molecular genotyping of isolates from index- and secondary cases

• Repeated interviews of index- and secondary cases as well as all other personnel involved

• Local entomological survey

• Selectively informing key health infrastructures and physicians

• Preparation of a press release in case of public media attention

Zoller et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:71   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-71