An update on prevention of malaria in travelers

Malaria, a parasitic disease caused by protozoa belonging to the genus Plasmodium, continues to represent a formidable public health challenge. Despite being a preventable disease, cases reported among travelers have continued to increase in recent decades. Protection of travelers against malaria, a...

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Autores principales: Agudelo Higuita, Nelson Iván, White, Bryan Pinckney, Franco-Paredes, Carlos, McGhee, Miranda Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20499361211040690
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description Malaria, a parasitic disease caused by protozoa belonging to the genus Plasmodium, continues to represent a formidable public health challenge. Despite being a preventable disease, cases reported among travelers have continued to increase in recent decades. Protection of travelers against malaria, a potentially life-threatening disease, is of paramount importance, and it is therefore necessary for healthcare professionals to be up to date with the most recent recommendations. The present review provides an update of the existent measures for malaria prevention among travelers.
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spelling pubmed-84088952021-09-02 An update on prevention of malaria in travelers Agudelo Higuita, Nelson Iván White, Bryan Pinckney Franco-Paredes, Carlos McGhee, Miranda Ann Ther Adv Infect Dis Review Malaria, a parasitic disease caused by protozoa belonging to the genus Plasmodium, continues to represent a formidable public health challenge. Despite being a preventable disease, cases reported among travelers have continued to increase in recent decades. Protection of travelers against malaria, a potentially life-threatening disease, is of paramount importance, and it is therefore necessary for healthcare professionals to be up to date with the most recent recommendations. The present review provides an update of the existent measures for malaria prevention among travelers. SAGE Publications 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8408895/ /pubmed/34484736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20499361211040690 Text en © The Author(s), 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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