Management of Plasmodium vivax risk and illness in travelers

Abstract Malaria poses an exceptionally complex problem for providers of travel medicine services. Perceived high risk of exposure during travel typically prompts prescribing protective antimalarial drugs. Suppressive chemoprophylactic agents have dominated strategy for that practice for over 70 yea...

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Main Author: J. Kevin Baird
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40794-017-0049-x