Preventing malaria in travellers

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7657, 2008, Pages 1362-1366

  Lalloo, David G ^a   Hill, David R ^b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Travel Health Network and Centre   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; INSECT REPELLENT; MALARIA VACCINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PROGUANIL;

ANOPHELES; AWARENESS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUTH ULCER; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RASH; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; TROPICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS;

ANTIMALARIALS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 46249132699     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a153     Document Type: Review

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