Imported malaria: Prospective analysis of problems in diagnosis and management

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 142-149

  Kain, Kevin C ^a,b   Harrington, Mary Anne ^a   Tennyson, Shan ^a   Keystone, Jay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0031829601     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514616     Document Type: Article

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