West African Malaria
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West African malaria.
Plasmodium falciparum malaria poses an increasing risk to travellers to West Africa. The development of chloroquine resistant in West Africa has further compounded the risk. Two cases of falciparum malaria from Sierra Leone are presented. One represents the classic missed case and the other a probable case of chloroquine resistant (RI vide infra) falciparum malaria. These cases highlight the da...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0035-8665,2052-0468
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-137-03-12