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Malaria deaths in visitors to Canada and in Canadian travellers: a case series
Kevin C. Kain, Douglas W. MacPherson, Tim Kelton, Jay S. Keystone, Jack Mendelson and J. Dick MacLean
CMAJ March 06, 2001 164 (5) 654-659;
Kevin C. Kain
From the *Tropical Diseases Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the ‡Missionary Health Institute, Toronto, Ont.; §Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que.; and ¶McGill University Centre for Tropical Disease, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
Douglas W. MacPherson
From the *Tropical Diseases Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the ‡Missionary Health Institute, Toronto, Ont.; §Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que.; and ¶McGill University Centre for Tropical Disease, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
Tim Kelton
From the *Tropical Diseases Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the ‡Missionary Health Institute, Toronto, Ont.; §Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que.; and ¶McGill University Centre for Tropical Disease, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
Jay S. Keystone
From the *Tropical Diseases Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the ‡Missionary Health Institute, Toronto, Ont.; §Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que.; and ¶McGill University Centre for Tropical Disease, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
Jack Mendelson
From the *Tropical Diseases Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the ‡Missionary Health Institute, Toronto, Ont.; §Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que.; and ¶McGill University Centre for Tropical Disease, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
J. Dick MacLean
From the *Tropical Diseases Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the †Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the ‡Missionary Health Institute, Toronto, Ont.; §Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que.; and ¶McGill University Centre for Tropical Disease, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
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Fig. 1: World map showing areas where malaria is endemic, according to type of drug resistance, if any. This map is meant only as a visual aid, not as a definitive source of information about malarial endemicity. Additional important details about antimalarial drugs and country-specific malaria risk are available from Health Canada,13 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,14 the World Health Organization15 and Kain.19
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