Age as a risk factor for severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in nonimmune patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1774-1777

  Schwartz, E ^a,b   Sadetzki, S ^c,d   Murad, H ^c,d   Raveh, D ^e  

^a Center for Geographic Medicine   (Israel)

^b Departments of Medicine C   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MALOPRIM; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAVEL;

EID: 0035889465     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322522     Document Type: Article

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