Open AccessImportation of falciparum malaria from Thailand: should current recommendations for chemoprophylaxis be adapted?
Author(s) -
Tomáš Jelı́nek
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.11.22.02963-en
Subject(s) - chemoprophylaxis , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , medicine , german , pediatrics , family medicine , immunology , surgery , geography , archaeology
On 29 March 2006 a 36 year old German woman died of falciparum malaria in Berlin. She had returned to Germany from a six month visit to Thailand