The risk of malaria in travelers to India

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-199

  Schmid, Sabine ^a   Chiodini, Peter ^b,c   Legros, Fabrice ^d   D'amato, Stefania ^e   Schöneberg, Irene ^f   Liu, Conan ^g   Janzon, Ragnhild ^h   Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre National de Reference de l'Epidemiologie du Paludisme d'Importation et Autochtone   (France)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing ^*  (Australia)

^h SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TOURISM; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 65649133607     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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