Imported Malaria in Children in Industrialized Countries, 1992–2002

Imported Malaria in Children in Industrialized Countries, 1992–2002

Children account for an appreciable proportion of total imported malaria cases, yet few studies have quantified these cases, identified trends, or suggested evidence-based prevention strategies for this group of travelers. We therefore sought to identify numbers of cases and deaths, Plasmodium speci...

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Main Authors: Katrin Stäger, Fabrice Legros, Gérard Krause, Nicola Low, David Bradley, Meghna Desai, Simone Graf, Stefania D’Amato, Yasutaka Mizuno, Ragnhild Janzon, Eskild Petersen, John Kester, Robert Steffen, Patricia Schlagenhauf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
pediatric
malaria
children
travel
research
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/2/08-0712_article

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