Falciparum malaria: An outbreak in a military population on an operational deployment

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 639-642

  Tuck, Jeremy ^a   Green, Andrew ^b   Roberts, Kenneth ^b  

^a Fulwood Barracks ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Former Army Staff College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIERRA LEONE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0043076347     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.8.639     Document Type: Article

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