Imported malaria in Qatar: a one year hospital-based study in 2005.

A study was conducted to describe the clinical presentation, epidemiology and outcome of imported malaria in patients admitted to Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar, between 1st January and 31st December 2005. During a one-year study, 81 patients [64 (79%) males and 17 (21%) females] were studied. The median age was 26 years.