Malaria control and chemoprophylaxis policy in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces for the previous 20 years (1997–2016)

Abstract Background Vivax malaria reemerged along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Republic of Korea (ROK), in 1993. While it was hypothesized that vivax malaria would spread throughout the peninsula, nearly all cases were due to exposure near the DMZ. To reduce spillover of vivax malaria to the civili...

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Main Authors: Jae Hyoung Im, Kyungmin Huh, Chang-Gyo Yoon, Hyeongtaek Woo, Jin-Soo Lee, Moon-Hyun Chung, Terry A. Klein, Jaehun Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2449-4