The low and declining risk of malaria in travellers to Latin America: Is there still an indication for chemoprophylaxis?

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Behrens, Ron H ^a,b   Carroll, Bernadette ^a   Beran, Jiri ^c   Bouchaud, Olivier ^d   Hellgren, Urban ^e   Hatz, Christoph ^f   Jelinek, Tomas ^g   Legros, Fabrice ^h   Mühlberger, Nikolai ⁱ   Myrvang, Bjørn ^j   Siikamäki, Heli ^k   Visser, Leo ^l  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^d AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g Berlin Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^h Center National de Référence du Paludisme Paris   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^j ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^l LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMOPREVENTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348858089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-114     Document Type: Review

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