Imported malaria in Albania and the risk factors that could allow its reappearance

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shkurti, Klodiana ^a   Vyshka, Gentian ^b   Velo, Enkelejda ^c   Boçari, Arben ^d   Kokici, Majlinda ^b   Kraja, Dhimitër ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c Institute of Public Health   (Albania)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Anopheles; Flooding; Malaria; Migratory movements; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium ovale; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBANIA; ANOPHELES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIGRATION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RIVER;

ADULT; ALBANIA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878816558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-197     Document Type: Review

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