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The need for preventive and curative services for malaria when the military is deployed in endemic overseas territories: a case study and lessons learned
BACKGROUND: Sri Lanka has been free from indigenous malaria since November 2012 and received the WHO certificate for malaria-free status in September 2016. Due to increased global travel, imported malaria cases continue to be reported in the country. Military personnel returning home from internatio...
Autores principales: | Fernando, Sumadhya Deepika, Booso, Rahuman, Dharmawardena, Priyani, Harintheran, Arunagirinathan, Raviraj, Kugapiriyan, Rodrigo, Chaturaka, Danansuriya, Manjula, Wickremasinghe, Rajitha |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460350/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28593051 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-017-0128-3 |
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