Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission
Military personnel who are deployed for peace-keeping missions are exposed to many hazards, including infectious diseases. One of the most common and fatal infectious disease is Malaria. Although well controlled in Malaysia, this deadly disease is still widely endemic in many other countries especia...
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2013
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| author | Ahmad, Rozali A., Zakaria Mohd Sidik, Sherina Muslan, Muhd Amin Mohd Taha, Mohd Ghazalli Muhammad Sued, Muhammad Ello Sarijan, Samiran Suirman, Samsuddin Komeng, Yaakop |
| author_facet | Ahmad, Rozali A., Zakaria Mohd Sidik, Sherina Muslan, Muhd Amin Mohd Taha, Mohd Ghazalli Muhammad Sued, Muhammad Ello Sarijan, Samiran Suirman, Samsuddin Komeng, Yaakop |
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| description | Military personnel who are deployed for peace-keeping missions are exposed to many hazards, including infectious diseases. One of the most common and fatal infectious disease is Malaria. Although well controlled in Malaysia, this deadly disease is still widely endemic in many other countries especially Africa. We would like to report the case of a military personnel who was infected with Malaria during a peace-keeping mission in Sudan and subsequently died after returning home. We hope that by reporting this case in depth, strategic actions can be taken to avoid similar unfortunate events in future. |
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| spelling | upm-413552015-12-17T08:02:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41355/ Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission Ahmad, Rozali A., Zakaria Mohd Sidik, Sherina Muslan, Muhd Amin Mohd Taha, Mohd Ghazalli Muhammad Sued, Muhammad Ello Sarijan, Samiran Suirman, Samsuddin Komeng, Yaakop Military personnel who are deployed for peace-keeping missions are exposed to many hazards, including infectious diseases. One of the most common and fatal infectious disease is Malaria. Although well controlled in Malaysia, this deadly disease is still widely endemic in many other countries especially Africa. We would like to report the case of a military personnel who was infected with Malaria during a peace-keeping mission in Sudan and subsequently died after returning home. We hope that by reporting this case in depth, strategic actions can be taken to avoid similar unfortunate events in future. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41355/1/Death%20from%20malaria%20infection%20in%20a%20military%20personnel%20after%20a%20peace%20keeping%20mission.pdf Ahmad, Rozali and A., Zakaria and Mohd Sidik, Sherina and Muslan, Muhd Amin and Mohd Taha, Mohd Ghazalli and Muhammad Sued, Muhammad Ello and Sarijan, Samiran and Suirman, Samsuddin and Komeng, Yaakop (2013) Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 9 (1). pp. 83-85. ISSN 1675-8544 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2013V09N1_CR02.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad, Rozali A., Zakaria Mohd Sidik, Sherina Muslan, Muhd Amin Mohd Taha, Mohd Ghazalli Muhammad Sued, Muhammad Ello Sarijan, Samiran Suirman, Samsuddin Komeng, Yaakop Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission |
| title | Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission |
| title_full | Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission |
| title_fullStr | Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission |
| title_full_unstemmed | Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission |
| title_short | Death from Malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission |
| title_sort | death from malaria infection in a military personnel after a peace keeping mission |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41355/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41355/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41355/1/Death%20from%20malaria%20infection%20in%20a%20military%20personnel%20after%20a%20peace%20keeping%20mission.pdf |