A local, regional, and national assessment of pediatric malaria in the United States

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-160

  Hickey, Patrick W ^a,b   Cape, Kathryn E ^c   Masuoka, Penny ^a   Campos, Joseph M ^d,e   Pastor, William ^d   Wong, Edward C ^d   Singh, Nalini ^c,d,f  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIMALARIALS; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955706004     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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