Malaria: an update on treatment of adults in non-endemic countries.

Christopher JM Whitty; David Lalloo; Andrew Ustianowski; (2006) Malaria: an update on treatment of adults in non-endemic countries. BMJ, 333 (7561). pp. 241-245. ISSN 1468-5833 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7561.241

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Every year people die from malaria in Britain and other industrialised countries. Most of these deaths are avoidable: they occur because a patient or doctor has underestimated the severity of the disease or has not considered the diagnosis early enough. This article provides the essential facts on treating malaria in adults in a non-endemic setting and is based on the best available evidence

Item Type	Article
Keywords	Antimalarials, Critical Illness, Drug Combinations, Humans, Malaria, Travel, Antimalarials, therapeutic use, Critical Illness, Drug Combinations, Humans, Malaria, diagnosis, drug therapy, Travel
ISI	239496900022