Imported malaria in montagnard refugees settling in North Carolina: Implications for prevention and control

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-57

  Paxton, Lynn A ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^b   Schultz, Linda J ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a   Meriwether, Rebecca ^c   Matson, Paul ^d   Sulzer, Alexander J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c N Carolina Dept Environ H   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REFUGEE; SCREENING;

EID: 0030065886     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.54     Document Type: Article

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