Falciparum malaria in malaria-naive travellers and African visitors

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 645-649

  Bunn, A ^a   Escombe, R ^a   Armstrong, M ^a   Whitty, C J M ^a   Doherty, J F ^a   Doherty, Tom ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 5444259884     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hch113     Document Type: Article

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