Importation of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum by Guatemalan peacekeepers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Juliao, Patricia C ^a   Sosa, Silvia ^b   Gonzalez, Luis D ^c   Padilla, Norma ^b   Ortiz, Lucia ^b   Goldman, Ira ^a   Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam ^a   Lindblade, Kim A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c Military Medical Center   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Central America; Chloroquine resistance; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Guatemala; Imported malaria; Latin America; Malaria; Malaria elimination; Military

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONGO; DEATH; GAMETOCYTE; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED NATIONS;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DRUG RESISTANCE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884386014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-344     Document Type: Article

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