Malaria among refugee children at arrival in the United States

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 450-452

  Maroushek, Stacene R ^b   Aguilar, Edwin F ^c   Stauffer, William ^a   Abd Alla, Mohomed D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Liberia; Malaria; Medical screening; Refugee; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIBERIA; MALARIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18644378881     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000160948.22407.0d     Document Type: Article

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