Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 169-174 , February 2010

Imported malaria in children: incidence and risk factors for severity

  • François Dubos

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Emergency Unit and Infectious Diseases, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • EA 2694, Public Health, Epidemiology and Quality of Cares, Lille–Nord de France University, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Alice Dauriac

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Emergency Unit and Infectious Diseases, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Loubna El Mansouf

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Emergency Unit and Infectious Diseases, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Claude Courouble

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Information, Dr Schaffner Hospital, Lens, France
    • ,
  • Marie Aurel

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Emergency Unit and Infectious Diseases, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Alain Martinot

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Emergency Unit and Infectious Diseases, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • EA 2694, Public Health, Epidemiology and Quality of Cares, Lille–Nord de France University, Lille, France
    • Faculty of Medicine, Lille–Nord de France University, Lille, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Département de Pédiatrie Générale, Urgences et Maladies Infectieuses, Pôle de l'Urgence et Pôle Enfant, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Av. E Avinée, 59037 Lille Cedex, France Tel.: +33-3-20-44-55-75; fax: +33-3-20-44-47-19.
    • ,
  • the Hospital Network for Evaluating the Management of Common Childhood Diseases

Received 30 May 2009 ,Accepted 23 August 2009.

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☆ This study was presented as an abstract at the 27th annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases—ESPID, Brussels, Belgium, June 9 to 12, 2009.

PII: S0732-8893(09)00361-7

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.018

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 169-174 , February 2010

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