Clinical practice: The diagnosis of imported malaria in children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 821-829

  Maltha, Jessica ^a,b   Jacobs, Jan ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Imported; Malaria; Travel

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMPORTED MALARIA; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RELAPSE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

BLOOD; CHILD; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 79959695636     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1451-4     Document Type: Review

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