Imported malaria in children: incidence and risk factors for severity

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-174

  Dubos, François ^a,b   Dauriac, Alice ^a   El Mansouf, Loubna ^a   Courouble, Claude ^c   Aurel, Marie ^a   Martinot, Alain ^a,b,d  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Schaffner Hospital   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Malaria; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73749083231     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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