The risk of malaria in travellers to Thailand

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 680-681

  Hill, David R ^a,d   Behrens, Ronald H ^b   Bradley, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Doxycycline; Malaria; Mefloquine; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Prophylaxis; Thailand; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; THAILAND; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030466888     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90433-2     Document Type: Article

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