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Suppressive chemoprophylaxis invites avoidable risk of serious illness caused by Plasmodium vivax malaria

Despite inadequacy in preventing vivax malaria after travel, suppressive chemoprophylaxis has dominated travel medicine strategy since the advent of chloroquine in 1946. The lethal threat of falciparum malaria versus the perceived benign consequence of vivax malaria underpins this strategic posture....

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Autor principal: Baird, J. Kevin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23454204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.01.002