Old age as risk factor for complications of malaria in non-immune travellers;Höheres lebensalter: Risikofaktor für einen schweren verlauf der malaria

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 309-314

  Stich, August ^a   Zwicker, M ^a   Steffen, T ^a   Kohler B ^a   Fleischer, K ^a  

^a Abteilung Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALARIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037436199     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37247     Document Type: Article

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