Plasmodium knowlesi in travellers, update 2014

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-64

  Müller, Mattia ^a   Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Plasmodium knowlesi; Southeast asia; Travellers

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; ARTESUNATE PLUS MEFLOQUINE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BACKACHE; BORNEO; CAMBODIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEVER; FINLAND; FOREST; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; MALAYSIA; MEDLINE; MICROSCOPY; MYANMAR; NAUSEA; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SINGAPORE; SORE THROAT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; THAILAND; TOURISM; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALARIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84897030699     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.12.016     Document Type: Review

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