| imported malaria treated in melbourne, australia: epidemiology and clinical features in 246 patients. | imported malaria is increasing in nonendemic countries, including australia. the objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology and clinical features of travelers with imported malaria presenting to a specialist infectious diseases hospital. | 2001 | 11285166 |
| neil hamilton fairley kbe frcp frs (1891-1966): an outstanding tropical physician in the twentieth century. | in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, british physicians led the way in tropical medicine research. several years later scientific advances had slowed, and fairley's numerous contributions were thus most welcome. neil hamilton fairley was born of scottish parents at victoria, australia. after qualification at melbourne, he joined the australian army medical service (aams) and after several minor research projects, made valuable contributions to the understanding of tropical sprue ... | 2014 | 24833541 |
| imported plasmodium vivax malaria: demographic and clinical features in nonimmune travelers. | imported malaria is an important problem in nonendemic countries due to increasing travel to and immigration from malaria-endemic countries. plasmodium vivax malaria is relatively common in travelers but there are few published data regarding the outcome of p. vivax malaria in this group. | 2004 | 15541223 |
| immunochromatographic antigen testing alone is sufficient to identify asymptomatic refugees at risk of severe malaria presenting to a single health service in victoria. | current screening guidelines for malaria in new refugees include a combination of thick and thin film examination and immunochromatographic antigen test (ict). however, as the prevalence of malaria in our population has decreased due to changing refugee demographics, we sought to determine if an ict alone can reliably exclude malaria in our asymptomatic refugee population.a retrospective analysis was conducted of all investigations for malaria performed from 1 august 2011 to 31 july 2013, includ ... | 2014 | 25158813 |