Malaria outbreak among french army troops returning from the Ivory Coast

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 353-355

  Mayet, Aurélie ^a   Lacassagne, David ^a   Juzan, Nicolas ^a   Chaudier, Bernard ^b   Haus Cheymol, Rachel ^a   Berger, Franck ^a   Romand, Olivier ^c   Ollivier, Lénaick ^c   Verret, Catherine ^a   Deparis, Xavier ^a   Spiegel, André ^a  

^a Department of Epidemiology and Public Health   (France)

^b Military Hospital Legouest   (France)

^c Military Health Department   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN MALARIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; COTE D'IVOIRE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUININE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956210666     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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