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Imported malaria among people who travel to visit friends and relatives: is current UK policy effective or does it need a strategic change?
BACKGROUND: The proportion of all imported malaria reported in travellers visiting friends and relatives (VFRs) in the UK has increased over the past decade and the proportion of Plasmodium falciparum malaria affecting this group has remained above 80% during that period. The epidemiological data su...
Autores principales: | Behrens, Ron H, Neave, Penny E, Jones, Caroline OH |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25890328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0666-7 |
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