Pre-departure and post-arrival management of P. falciparum malaria in refugees relocating from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-146

  Stauffer, William M ^a,e   Weinberg, Michelle ^b   Newman, Robert D ^b   Causer, Louise M ^b   Hamel, Mary J ^c   Slutsker, Laurence ^d   Cetron, Martin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c KEMRI/CDC Research Station   (Kenya)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 49449093297     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.141     Document Type: Review

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