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Malaria remains a military medical problem.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11766209     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To bring military medical problems concerning malaria to the attention of the Defence Medical Services. METHOD: Seven military medical problems related to malaria are illustrated by cases referred for secondary assessment over the past five years. Each is discussed in relation to published data. RESULTS: The cases of failure of various kinds of chemoprophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of malaria may represent just a fraction of the magnitude of the overall problem but in the absence of reliable published military medical statistics concerning malaria cases, the situation is unclear. CONCLUSION: Present experience suggests there are a number of persisting problems affecting the military population in relation to malaria. Only publication of reliable statistics will define their magnitude. Interim remedies are proposed whose cost-effectiveness remains to be established.
Authors:
M J World
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps     Volume:  147     ISSN:  0035-8665     ISO Abbreviation:  J R Army Med Corps     Publication Date:  2001 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-12-19     Completed Date:  2002-09-13     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7505627     Medline TA:  J R Army Med Corps     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  274-80     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Royal Defence Medical College, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2AB. DrMikeWorld@cs.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Animals
Antimalarials / administration & dosage,  adverse effects,  therapeutic use*
Atovaquone
Chloroguanide / therapeutic use
Chloroquine / therapeutic use
Drug Combinations
Great Britain / ethnology
Humans
Kenya / epidemiology
Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*,  epidemiology,  prevention & control*
Malaria, Vivax / drug therapy
Male
Mefloquine / therapeutic use
Military Medicine
Military Personnel*
Naphthoquinones / therapeutic use
Patient Compliance
Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification*
Plasmodium vivax / isolation & purification
Sierra Leone / epidemiology
Treatment Failure
Treatment Outcome
World Health*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antimalarials; 0/Drug Combinations; 0/Naphthoquinones; 0/malarone; 500-92-5/Chloroguanide; 53230-10-7/Mefloquine; 54-05-7/Chloroquine; 94015-53-9/Atovaquone
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
J R Army Med Corps. 2002 Mar;148(1):101-2; author reply 102   [PMID:  12024882 ]

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