Prospective, national clinical and epidemiologic study on imported childhood malaria in the united kingdom and the republic of ireland

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 434-438

  Ladhani, Shamez ^a   Garbash, Mehdi ^b   Whitty, Christopher J M ^d   Chiodini, Peter L ^c,d   Aibara, Rashna J ^e   Riordan, F Andrew I ^f   Shingadia, Delane ^a,g  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incidence; P. falciparum; Risk factors; Severe malaria; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; IRELAND; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEGRO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77951802065     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181c4d97c     Document Type: Article

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