Rapid malaria screening and targeted treatment of United States-bound Montagnard refugees from Cambodia in 2002

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 688-693

  Causer, Louise M ^a   Bishop, Henry S ^a   Sharp, Donald J ^a   Flagg, Elaine W ^a   Calderon, Jaime F ^b   Keane, Vincent ^b   Shah, J Jina ^a   Macarthur, John R ^a   Maloney, Susan A ^a   Cetron, Martin S ^a   Bloland, Peter B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEE; SCREENING;

ANTIMALARIALS; CAMBODIA; HUMANS; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEES;

EID: 23844513522     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.688     Document Type: Article

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