Malaria surveillance in Italy: The 2000-2008 national pattern of imported cases

Giornale Italiano di Medicina Tropicale

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 35-38

  Romi, R ^a   Boccolini, D ^a   D'Amato, S ^b   Cenci, C ^b   Pompa, M G ^b   Majori, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79851479451     PISSN: 03943445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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