Analysis of malaria cases among United Nations troops in Sierra Leone

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 881-884

  Kawar, Ghassan I ^a   Maayah, Jawad F ^a   Rawashdeh, Basel T ^a  

^a Royal Medical Services   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; DOXYCYCLINE; FANSIDAR; FANSIMEF; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHICKENPOX; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DIALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SIDE EFFECT; SIERRA LEONE; SMEAR; SOLDIER; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED NATIONS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UREMIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIERRA LEONE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED NATIONS; WAR;

EID: 0141815664     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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