High incidence of Plasmodium vivax malaria in newly arrived Eritrean refugees in Sweden since may 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Sonden K ^a   Castro, E ^b   Tronnberg L ^b   Stenstrom C ^c   Tegnell, A ^b   Farnert A ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERITREAN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIGRATION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; REFUGEE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84907714371     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.35.20890     Document Type: Article

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