Possible autochthonous malaria from Marseille to Minneapolis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1236-1238

  Doudier, Barbara ^a,b,e   Bogreau, Hervé ^b   DeVries, Aaron ^c   Ponçon, Nicolas ^d   Stauffer III, William M ^c   Fontenille, Didier ^d   Rogier, Christophe ^b   Parola, Philippe ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e University Hospital of Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVOQUONE; CLINDAMYCIN; PROGUANIL; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 34548411771     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1308.070143     Document Type: Article

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