Imported malaria treated in Melbourne, Australia: Epidemiology and clinical features in 246 patients

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 76-081

  Robinson, Priscilla ^a   Jenney, Adam W ^a   Tachado, Mona ^d   Yung, Allen ^b   Manitta, Joe ^d   Taylor, Kath ^d   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a,c  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d PO Royal Melbourne Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0035008764     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2001.24309     Document Type: Article

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