Imported malaria in a general hospital in Madrid;Paludismo importado en un hospital general de Madrid

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 168-171

  Rojo Marcos, Gerardo ^a   Cuadros González, Juan ^a   Gete García, Luis ^a   Prieto Ríos, Blanca ^a   Arcos Pereda, Pilar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigens; Diagnosis; Emigration; Epidemiology; Immigration; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHYLAXIS; SPAIN; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 34047274938     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13099367     Document Type: Article

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