Fever episodes in a holoendemic malaria area of tanzania: Parasitological and clinical findings and diagnostic aspects related to malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 479-482

  Rooth, Ingegerd ^a,b   Bjöan, Anders ^b  

^a Nyamisati Malaria Research Unit   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TANZANIA;

EID: 0026779970     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(92)90076-O     Document Type: Article

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