Epidemiology of travel-related malaria in a non-malarious area in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-89

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAVEL;

HUMANS; MALARIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 32044470267     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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