Open AccessFalciparum malaria in malaria-naive travellers and African visitors
Author(s) -
Amanda Bunn,
Rod Escombe,
Margaret Armstrong,
C. W. M. Whitty,
J.F. Doherty
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
qjm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1460-2725
pISSN - 1460-2393
DOI - 10.1093/qjmed/hch113
Subject(s) - malaria , plasmodium falciparum , medicine , observational study , tropical medicine , diagnosis of malaria , immunology , parasitemia , pediatrics , pathology
Patients from malaria-endemic areas who present in non-endemic countries with Plasmodium falciparum malaria are often assumed to have some degree of immunity. If this were reliably true, it would simplify their management.
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