Prevention of malaria in travelers

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 509-516

  Lo Re III, Vincent ^a,b,c   Gluckman, Stephen J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; INSECT REPELLENT; MEFLOQUINE; PALUM; PRIMAQUINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ALGORITHM; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DYSPEPSIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYE IRRITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; INSOMNIA; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NAUSEA; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PLASMODIUM; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; UNPLEASANT DREAM; URTICARIA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VERTIGO;

ANTIMALARIALS; MALARIA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 0042063613     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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