Outcomes of imported malaria during pregnancy within Venezuelan States: Implications for travel advice

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-71

  Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a   Arria, Melissa ^b   Sánchez, Elia ^b   Vargas, Miguel ^b   Piccolo, Carmelina ^b   Colina, Rosa ^b   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci   (Venezuela)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PROPHYLAXIS; TRAVEL; VENEZUELA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33846314723     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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