Presumptive treatment to reduce imported malaria among refugees from east Africa resettling in the United States

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 612-615

  Phares, Christina R ^a,b,d   Kapella, Bryan K ^a,b,d   Doney, Annelise C ^a,b,d   Arguin, Paul M ^a,b,d   Green, Michael ^a,b,d   Mekonnen, Leul ^b,d   Galev, Aleksander ^b,d   Weinberg, Michelle ^a,b,d   Stauffer, William M ^b,c,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PYRIMETHAMINE; REFUGEES; SULFADOXINE; TANZANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053927726     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0132     Document Type: Article

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