Imported Plasmodium vivax Malaria: Demographic and Clinical Features in Nonimmune Travelers
Author(s) -
Julian Elliott,
D. O’Brien,
Karin Leder,
Scott Kitchener,
Eli Schwartz,
Leisa Weld,
Graham V. Brown,
Kevin C. Kain,
Joseph Torresi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.2310/7060.2004.19004
Subject(s) - primaquine , malaria , plasmodium vivax , medicine , epidemiology , chloroquine , vivax malaria , travel medicine , plasmodium falciparum , pediatrics , immunology , pathology
Imported malaria is an important problem in nonendemic countries due to increasing travel to and immigration from malaria-endemic countries. Plasmodium vivax malaria is relatively common in travelers but there are few published data regarding the outcome of P. vivax malaria in this group.
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