Imported Malaria in Immigrants to Italy: A Changing Pattern Observed in North Eastern Italy
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- 24 July 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Travel Medicine
- Vol. 16 (5) , 317-321
Abstract
Background. Seventy percent of imported malaria cases in Italy occur in immigrants, generally with milder clinical presentation due to premunition acquiKeywords
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