Cluster of falciparum malaria cases in UK airport

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1284-1286

  Rodger, Alison J ^a,b   Cooke, Graham S ^c,d   Ord, Rosalynn ^e   Sutherland, Colin J ^e   Pasvol, Geoffrey ^a,d  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; PROGUANIL; QUININE;

ADULT; AFRICA; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; TRAVEL; UGANDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749121209     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1408.080031     Document Type: Article

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