Malaria prevention and stand-by emergency treatment among Japanese travelers

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-85

  Kimura, Mikio ^a   Kawakami, Keiko ^b   Hashimoto, Michiko ^c,e   Hamada, Masaru ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Quarantine Division   (Japan)

^d Osaka Quarantine Station   (Japan)

^e Nagoya Intl Airport Quarantine Off   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimalarial; Antimosquito measure; Chemoprophylaxis; Malaria endemic area

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN DERIVATIVE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 32544437855     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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