Imported malaria in Poland 2003 to 2011: Implications of different travel patterns

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-194

  Stȩpień, Małgorzata ^a   Rosińska, Magdalena ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AFRICA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 84898805617     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12109     Document Type: Article

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