Irregular migration as a potential source of malaria reintroduction in Sri Lanka and use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests at point-of-entry screening

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wickramage, Kolitha ^a   Galappaththy, Gawrie N L ^b   Dayarathne, D ^c   Peiris, Sharika L ^a   Basnayake, Rajeeka N ^a   Mosca, Davide ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

^b Anti Malaria Campaign   (Sri Lanka)

^c Teaching Hospital Batticaloa   (Sri Lanka)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SWEAT; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SRI LANKA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 85016601850     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/465906     Document Type: Article

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