Imported malaria (1985-95): Trends and perspectives

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 560-566

  Muentener, P ^a   Schlagenhauf, P ^a   Steffen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALARIA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; KENYA; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOURISM; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032806613     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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