Publications

malaria in tonga: an imported case.	a case of falciparum malaria in tonga occurring in a tourist is reported and discussed with the emphasis on awareness of imported diseases to the pacific.	1979	394052
plasmodium-specific immunoglobulin e in sera from an area of holoendemic malaria.	serum samples obtained from adults living in an area of holoendemic malaria in papua new guinea and from control residents of hawaii were tested for plasmodium-specific immunoglobulin (ig) e antibody by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. fifteen (33.3%) of the new guinea sera had absorbance values indicative of seropositivity. only half of the ige-positive sera were concomitantly positive for antimalarial igg antibody. all of the control sera were negative for antibody of both immunoglobulin ...	1989	2694483
malaria--a problem for hawaii?		1971	4929465
artesunate: investigational drug for the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in hawai'i.	there are hundreds of millions of cases of malaria each year worldwide resulting in a million deaths. these deaths are mostly due to plasmodium falciparum. the only federal drug administration approved treatment for severe malaria is intravenous quinidine gluconate. intravenous quinidine is increasingly unavailable in the united states. in 2007, the center for disease control and prevention implemented an investigational new drug protocol to allow the use of intravenous artesunate for cases of s ...	2011	21785506