Malaria chemoprophylaxis recommendations for immigrants to Europe, visiting relatives and friends - A Delphi method study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Calleri, Guido ^a   Behrens, Ron H ^b   Schmid, Matthias L ^c   Gobbi, Federico ^d   Grobusch, Martin P ^e   Castelli, Francesco ^f   Gascon, Joaquim ^g   Bisoffi, Zeno ^d   Jelinek, Tomas ^h   Caramello, Pietro ^a  

^a AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h Berlin Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; EUROPE; FRIEND; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; TRAVEL;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALARIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL;

EID: 79956212573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-137     Document Type: Article

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