Imported malaria in adults and children: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 380 consecutive cases observed in Verona, Italy

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Mascarello, Marta ^a   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^a   Angheben, Andrea ^b   Anselmi, Mariella ^b   Concia, Ercole ^a   Laganà, Stefano ^b   Manzoli, Lamberto ^c   Marocco, Stefania ^b   Monteiro, Geraldo ^b   Bisoffi, Zeno ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 47649119258     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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