Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmitted in hospital through heparin locks

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9044, 1997, Pages 23-25

  Abulrahi, Hashim Alawi ^a   Bohlega, Etedal Ali ^a   Fontaine, Robert E ^a,b   Al Seghayer, Suleiman M ^a   Al Ruwais, Abdullah A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SYRINGE;

EID: 0031023475     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)03508-8     Document Type: Article

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