Outbreak of malaria among policemen in French Guiana

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 977-981

  Michel, Rémy ^a   Ollivier, Lénaïck ^a   Meynard, Jean Baptiste ^a   Guette, Christian ^a   Migliani, René ^a   Boutin, Jean Paul ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BATTLE DRESS UNIFORM; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITE; LATE WASHING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLICE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548724522     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.9.977     Document Type: Article

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