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The incidence of malaria in travellers to South-East Asia: is local malaria transmission a useful risk indicator?

Ron H Behrens*, Bernadette Carroll, Urban Hellgren, Leo G Visser, Heli Siikamäki, Lasse S Vestergaard, Guido Calleri, Thomas Jänisch, Bjørn Myrvang, Joaquim Gascon and Christoph Hatz

Malaria Journal 2010, 9:266 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-266

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Epidemiology of imported malaria among children and young adults in Barcelona (1990-2008)

Mireia Garcia-Villarrubia, Juan-Pablo Millet, Patricia de Olalla, Joaquim Gascón, Victoria Fumadó, Jordi i Prat, Begoña Treviño, María-Jesús Pinazo, Juan Cabezos, José Muñoz, Francesc Zarzuela, Joan A Caylà Malaria Journal 2011, 10:347 (25 November 2011)

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Imported malaria cases among children and adolescents in Barcelona over a period of 18 years, analysing demographic and clinical aspects, as well as the development of the incidence during the study period.

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Cost risk benefit analysis to support chemoprophylaxis policy for travellers to malaria endemic countries

Eduardo Massad, Ben C Behrens, Francisco AB Coutinho, Ronald H Behrens Malaria Journal 2011, 10:130 (17 May 2011)

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The idea addressed in this paper is interesting: the authors seek to know when malaria chemoprophylaxis is not an economically-valid option, as a function of the region being visited (and thus the risk of malaria), the time spent there and the possible adverse effects of chemoprophylaxis.