Prolonged Plasmodium falciparum infection in immigrants, Paris

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-326

  D'Ortenzio, Eric ^a,g   Godineau, Nadine ^b   Fontanet, Arnaud ^c   Houze, Sandrine ^a,d   Bouchaud, Olivier ^e,f   Matheron, Sophie ^a,d   Bras, Jacques Le ^a,d  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Delafontaine General Hospital   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMOROS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 38949137398     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1402.061475     Document Type: Article

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