C-reactive protein and haptoglobin in the evaluation of a community-based malaria control programme

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-14

  McGuire, W ^a   D'Alessandro, U ^b   Olaleye, B O ^b   Thomson, M C ^b   Langerock, P ^b   Greenwood, B M ^b   Kwiatkowski, D ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Children; Haptoglobin; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BED; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030028393     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90461-7     Document Type: Article

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