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Imported Malaria

Pediatric EM Morsels

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. This is typically only widely available in endemic countries (Forgie 2022) More recently there has been a deletion in the Pfhrp 2/3 gene in some P. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023).

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

Surgical wound debridement and dressing are performed and the malaria rapid diagnostic test (MRDT) is noted to be positive. Open-access image source: By M.Bitton – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [link] Infectious Disease Exposure It is estimated that, on average, refugees seeking refuge in Uganda visit a health facility 1.8