Epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Involving Substandard Antimalarial Drugs, Pakistan, 2003

Epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Involving Substandard Antimalarial Drugs, Pakistan, 2003

Because of instability in eastern Afghanistan, new refugees crossed into the federally administered tribal areas of northwestern Pakistan in 2002. In 2003, we investigated an epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 1 of the camps. Incidence was 100.4 cases/1,000 person-years; in other nearby ca...

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Main Authors: Toby Leslie, Harpakash Kaur, Nasir Mohammed, Kate Kolaczinski, Rosalynn L. Ord, Mark Rowland
Format: Article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-11-01
Serier:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Fag:
Malaria
epidemic
parasites
antimalarial drugs
Plasmodium falciparum
refugees
Online adgang:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/11/09-0886_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/11/09-0886_article

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