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Should chemoprophylaxis be a main strategy for preventing re-introduction of malaria in highly receptive areas? Sri Lanka a case in point

BACKGROUND: Imported malaria cases continue to be reported in Sri Lanka, which was declared ‘malaria-free’ by the World Health Organization in September 2016. Chemoprophylaxis, a recommended strategy for malaria prevention for visitors travelling to malaria-endemic countries from Sri Lanka is availa...

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Autores principales:	Wickremasinghe, A. Rajitha, Wickremasinghe, Renu, Herath, Hemantha D. B., Fernando, S. Deepika
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336652/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28259152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1763-6

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