Severe imported plasmodium falciparum malaria, France, 1996-2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 807-813

  Seringe, Elise ^a,b,c,d   Thellier, Marc ^a,b   Fontanet, Arnaud ^d,e   Legros, Fabrice ^c   Bouchaud, Olivier ^f   Ancelle, Thierry ^g   Kendjo, Eric ^c   Houze, Sandrine ^c   Le Bras, Jacques ^c   Danis, Martin ^a,b,c   Durand, Rémy ^c,f  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre National de Référence du Paludisme   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^f AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; CHLOROQUINE PLUS PROGUANIL; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; COMOROS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALL WINTER SEASON; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRENCH GUIANA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAITI; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOPENIA; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SPRING SUMMER SEASON; SRI LANKA; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955768200     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1705.101527     Document Type: Article

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