See a map showing the presence of Anopheles maculipennis s.l. mosquitoes in Europe. Malaria was endemic in the EU until the 1970s. Now, around 99% of the malaria cases reported each year in the EU are travel related.
Malaria is one of the major world public health problems, causing 350-500 million infections worldwide and approximately 1 million deaths annually. It occurs in large areas of Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the South Pacific.
