Mefloquine revisited

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA. Electronic address: shagmann@northwell.edu.

Editorial

Stefan H F Hagmann. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Nov-Dec.

. 2017 Nov-Dec:20:1-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.11.006. Epub 2017 Nov 20.

¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA. Electronic address: shagmann@northwell.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Death; Malaria; Mefloquine; Parasuicide; Prophylaxis.

Comment on

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Deaths and parasuicides associated with mefloquine chemoprophylaxis: A systematic review.
Tickell-Painter M, Saunders R, Maayan N, Lutje V, Mateo-Urdiales A, Garner P. Tickell-Painter M, et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Nov-Dec;20:5-14. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.10.011. Epub 2017 Nov 2. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 29107173