Malaria diagnosed by autopsy in a young traveler returning from Uganda: Limitations of surveillance

Abstract

Fatal infectious disease acquired during international travel is less likely to be captured through existing surveillance when diagnosis is delayed or missed, especially as autopsy rates decline. Death of a young girl owing to malaria demonstrates needs for increased examination of travel-related deaths through postmortem investigation, autopsy, and expanded surveillance. © Published 2013. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.