Incidence of malaria and risk factors in Italian travelers to malaria endemic countries

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 144-154

  Romi, Roberto ^a,b   Boccolini, Daniela ^a   D'Amato, Stefania ^c   Cenci, Corrado ^c   Peragallo, Mario ^d   D'Ancona, Fortunato ^a   Pompa, Maria Grazia ^c   Majori, Giancarlo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b International Health Unit   (Italy)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^d Preventive Medicine Branch   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Imported malaria; Italy; Malaria incidence; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; CHLOROQUINE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ASIA; EMPORIATRICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PLUS PROGUANIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIA; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77957269351     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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