Imported cases of malaria admitted to two hospitals of Margarita Island, Venezuela, 1998-2005

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-48

  Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,b,c   Ferrer, Maria V ^d,e   Barrera, M A ^d   Pacheco, M ^d   Daza, Vanessa ^f,g   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Hospital Central Luis Ortega   (Venezuela)

^e Hospital Universitario de Los Andes   (Venezuela)

^f Hospital Dr Agustin Rafael Hernandez   (Venezuela)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Continental; Imported; Island; Malaria; Migration; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALAISE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MYALGIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749094267     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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