Malaria: Even more chronic in nature than previously thought; Evidence for subpatent parasitaemia detectable by the polymerase chain reaction

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-19

  Bottius, Emmanuel ^a   Guanzirolli, Antonella ^a   Trape, Jean François ^b   Regier, Christophe ^c   Konate, L ^b   Druilhe, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Senegal; Subpatent parasitaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030032564     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90463-0     Document Type: Article

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