Malarial cases presenting to a European urban Emergency Department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-119

  Breslin, Tomás M ^a   Ionmhain, Úna Nic ^a   Bergin, Colm ^a   Gallagher, David ^a   Collins, Níamh ^a   Kinsella, Nora ^a   McMahon, Geraldine ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; fever; immigrants; infectious diseases; malaria; prophylaxis; public health

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN MALARIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIMALARIALS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874936792     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328352d335     Document Type: Article

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