The epidemiology of severe malaria in an area of low transmission in Thailand

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 256-262

  Luxemburger, Christine ^a,b,c   Ricci, Françoise ^c   Nosten, François ^a,b,d   Raimond, Dominique ^c   Bathet, Saw ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b,d  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THAILAND;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0030994379     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90066-3     Document Type: Article

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