Compliance with long-term malaria prophylaxis in British expatriates

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-348

  Cunningham, Jane ^a   Horsley, Jason ^b   Patel, Dipti ^c,d,e   Tunbridge, Anne ^a   Lalloo, David G ^f  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d National Travel Health Network and Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expatriate; Long term travellers; Malaria prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; INSECT REPELLENT; MEFLOQUINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BED NET; BLURRED VISION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; MOUTH ULCER; OFFICE WORKER; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SURVEY MONKEY QUESTIONNAIRE; THRUSH; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPLEASANT DREAM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905594876     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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