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UNINA9910817713803321 |
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Titolo |
Travelers' Malaria / / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor [editor] |
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Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker Inc., c2008 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[[2nd ed.].] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (420 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Schlagenhauf-LawlorPatricia |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Malaria |
Malaria - Prevention |
Travel - Health aspects |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibilographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Title and Front matter""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Contents""; ""1. Travelers Malaria: People and Plasmodia: Some Historic Perspectives""; ""2. Global Epidemiology of Malaria""; ""3. Geographical Distribution at Traveler Destinations""; ""4. Evidence of Malaria Exposure in Travelers""; ""5. Network Surveillance of Malaria in Travelers""; ""6. The Parasite""; ""7. Malaria Drug Resistance""; ""8. The Vector and Measures against Mosquito Bites"" |
""9. Strategies of Malaria Prevention in Nonimmune Visitors to Endemic Countries""""10. Drugs Used for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis""; ""10.1 Chloroquine and Combinations""; ""10.2 Hydroxychloroquine""; ""10.3 Azithromycin""; ""10.4 Mefloquine""; ""10.5 Doxycyline""; ""10.6 Primaquine""; ""10.7 Atovaquone-Proguanil""; ""10.8 Tafenoquine""; ""11. Malaria Prevention for Particular Travelers""; ""11.1 Long-Term Travelers""; ""11.2 Brief Exposure Malaria Prevention""; ""11.3 Military Perspectives for Malaria Prevention""; ""11.4 Migrants"" |
""11.5 Special Groups: Pregnant Women, Infants, and Young Children""""11.6 Immunocompromised Travelers""; ""12. Plasmodium Vivax Malaria: Prevention and Treatment""; ""13. Determination of Antimalarial Drug Levels in Body Fluids""; ""14. Clinical Features of Malaria in Travelers and Migrants""; ""15. Diagnosis of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""16. Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests for and by Travelers""; ""17. Management of Malaria in Returned |
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