Importation of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum by Guatemalan peacekeepers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND: Malaria elimination is being pursued in five of seven Central American countries. Military personnel returning from peacekeeping missions in sub-Saharan Africa could import chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, posing a threat to elimination and to the continued efficacy of first-...

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Autores principales: Juliao, Patricia C, Sosa, Silvia, Gonzalez, Luis D, Padilla, Norma, Ortiz, Lucia, Goldman, Ira, Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam, Lindblade, Kim A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24060234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-344

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