The risk of imported malaria in security forces personnel returning from overseas missions in the context of prevention of re-introduction of malaria to Sri Lanka

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fernando, Sumadhya Deepika ^a   Dharmawardana, Priyani ^b   Semege, Saveen ^c   Epasinghe, Geetha ^a   Senanayake, Niroshana ^a   Rodrigo, Chaturaka ^a   Premaratne, Risintha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b National Anti Malaria Campaign Headquarters   (Sri Lanka)

^c Sri Lanka Army Medical Services   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Malaria; Malaria elimination; Prevention of re introduction; Security forces; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SRI LANKA; MALARIA; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK; SRI LANKA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84960435844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1204-y     Document Type: Article

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