Severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in refugee children despite reported predeparture antimalarial treatment [1]

Medical Journal of Australia
Volume 185, Issue 11-12, 2006

Severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in refugee children despite reported predeparture antimalarial treatment [1] (Letter)

Cherian S.* , Fagan J.M. , Thambrian A. , Geddes J. , Burgner D.

^a School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia
^b Migrant Health Unit, North Metropolitan Area Health Service, Perth, WA, Australia
^c Migrant Health Unit, North Metropolitan Area Health Service, Perth, WA, Australia
^d Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia
^e School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, Australia

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hospital admission infection resistance Africa south of the Sahara refugee Australia mass screening Letter human Refugees Malaria artesunate screening test nonhuman resuscitation Treatment Failure Humans Antimalarials medical documentation clinical article Western Australia parasite prevalence Sesquiterpenes Malaria, Falciparum Plasmodium falciparum Endemic Diseases artemether plus benflumetol artemisinin derivative Artemisinins fansidar quinine chloroquine Child

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ISSN: 0025729X

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Original Language: English