Risk of malaria in visitors to the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 173-177

  Durrheim, David N ^a,e   Braack, L E O ^b   Waner, Simmy ^c   Gammon, Susan ^d  

^a Mpumalanga Department of Health and Social Services   (South Africa)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^c HELEN JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Dept of Communic Disease Control ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031775523     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00502.x     Document Type: Article

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