Pediatric malaria: 8-year case series in Atlanta, Georgia, and review of the literature

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 334-338

  Gutman, Julie ^a,b,c   Guarner, Jeanette ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; QUINIDINE; QUININE;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMETOCYTE; GUATEMALA; GUINEA; HAITI; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; KENYA; LIBERIA; LITERATURE; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PEDIATRICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; SPLENOMEGALY; TANZANIA; THAILAND; TOGO; TRAVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

AFRICA; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77956201923     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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