Malaria prophylaxis policy for travellers from Europe to the Indian Sub Continent

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Behrens, R H ^a   Bisoffi, Z ^b   Bjorkman A ^c   Gascon, J ^d   Hatz, C ^e   Jelinek, T ^g   Legros, F ^f   Muhlberger N ^g   Voltersvik, P ^h  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f Centre National de Référence Pour le Paludisme d'Importation et Autochtone   (France)

^g Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^h HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BANGLADESH; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SRI LANKA; TRAVEL;

EID: 33646360580     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-7     Document Type: Review

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