Relapsing malaria infection in an adolescent following travel to Mozambique

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 254-255

  Oswald, Cameron B ^a   Summer, Andrea P ^b   Fischer, Philip R ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaria; Ovale; Traveler

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RIGOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; RECURRENCE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249989761     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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