Impact of imported malaria on the burden of disease in Northeastern Venezuela

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-20

  Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a   Delgado, Laura ^b   Martínez, Nestor ^b   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRAVEL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33645296815     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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