Plasmodium vivax malaria among military personnel, French Guiana, 1998-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1280-1282

  Queyriaux, Benjamin ^a   Texier, Gaëtan ^a   Ollivier, Lénaïck ^a   Galoisy Guibal, Laurent ^b   Michel, Rémy ^a   Meynard, Jean Baptiste ^c   Decam, Christophe ^a   Verret, Catherine ^c   de Santi, Vincent Pommier ^a   Spiegel, André ^d   Boutin, Jean Paul ^a   Migliani, René ^c   Deparis, Xavier ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^c Ecole du Val de Grace   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PROGUANIL;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SOLDIER;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 79959870052     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.100009     Document Type: Article

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