Imported severe falciparum malaria in Israel

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-99

  Weber, Gabriel ^a   Schwartz, Eli ^c   Schlaeffer, Francisc ^a,b   Lang, Ruth ^d   Alkan, Michael ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE; QUINIDINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISRAEL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRAVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031778514     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00473.x     Document Type: Article

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