Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 144-154 , May 2010

Incidence of malaria and risk factors in Italian travelers to malaria endemic countries

  • Roberto Romi

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    • Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno-mediated Diseases, Vector-Borne Diseases and International Health Unit, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 49902301; fax: +39 06 49903561.
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  • Daniela Boccolini

      Affiliations

    • Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno-mediated Diseases, Vector-Borne Diseases and International Health Unit, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Stefania D'Amato

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Direzione Generale della Prevenzione Sanitaria, Section Malattie Infettive e Profilassi Internazionale, Via Giorgio Ribotta, 5, 00144 Rome, Italy
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  • Corrado Cenci

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Direzione Generale della Prevenzione Sanitaria, Section Malattie Infettive e Profilassi Internazionale, Via Giorgio Ribotta, 5, 00144 Rome, Italy
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  • Mario Peragallo

      Affiliations

    • Centro Studi e Ricerche di Sanità e di Veterinaria dell'Esercito, Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo, Rome, Italy
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  • Fortunato D'Ancona

      Affiliations

    • Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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  • Maria Grazia Pompa

      Affiliations

    • Ministry of Health, Direzione Generale della Prevenzione Sanitaria, Section Malattie Infettive e Profilassi Internazionale, Via Giorgio Ribotta, 5, 00144 Rome, Italy
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  • Giancarlo Majori

      Affiliations

    • Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immuno-mediated Diseases, Vector-Borne Diseases and International Health Unit, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy

Received 18 May 2009 ,Revised 1 February 2010 ,Accepted 4 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.02.001

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 144-154 , May 2010

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