Imported cases of malaria — Puerto Rico, July-October 2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 326-327

  Dirlikov, Emilio ^a,b   Rodríguez, Carmen ^b   Morales, Shirley ^c   Martínez, Laura Castro ^b   Mendez, Juan B ^b   Sanchez, Anibal Cruz ^b   Burgos, Jesús Hernández ^b   Santiago, Zobeida ^b   Cuevas Ruis, Rosa Ivette ^b   Camacho, Sheila Adorno ^b   Mercado, Enid Román ^b   Guzmán, Jessica Falcón ^a,b   Ryff, Kyle ^b   Luna Pinto, Carolina ^d   Arguin, Paul M ^a   Chenet, Stella M ^a   Silva Flannery, Luciana ^a   Ljolje, Dragan ^a   Velázquez, Julio Cadiz ^b   Thomas, Dana ^a,b   Garcia, Brenda Rivera ^b   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Puerto Rico Department of Health   (United States)

^c Cook County Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d CDC San Juan Quarantine Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUERTO RICO; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUERTO RICO; TRAVEL;

EID: 84962130469     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6512a3     Document Type: Article

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