Rolling back malaria: How well is Europe doing?

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-175

  Toovey, Stephen ^a   Jamieson, Andrew ^a  

^a SAA Netcare Travel Clinics   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Europe; Imported malaria; Roll Back Malaria

Indexed keywords

AEDES; DATA BASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW;

EID: 14644441507     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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