Malaria in Greece: Historical and current reflections on a re-emerging vector borne disease

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-14

  Danis, Kostas ^a   Lenglet, Annick ^b   Tseroni, Maria ^a   Baka, Agoritsa ^a   Tsiodras, Sotiris ^a   Bonovas, Stefanos ^a  

^a Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Greece; Local transmission; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ANOPHELES; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CRISIS THEORY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GREECE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANIMALS; GREECE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL;

EID: 84875736676     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.01.001     Document Type: Review

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