Malaria transmission in non-endemic areas: Case report, review of the literature and implications for public health management

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zoller, Thomas ^a   Naucke, Torsten J ^b,c   May, Jürgen ^d   Hoffmeister, Bodo ^a   Flick, Holger ^a   Williams, Christopher J ^e   Frank, Christina ^e   Bergmann, Frank ^a   Suttorp, Norbert ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TRAVEL;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL;

EID: 65349151829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-71     Document Type: Article

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