Seasonal changes in the Plasmodium falciparum population in individuals and their relationship to clinical malaria: A longitudinal study in a Sudanese village

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-510

  Roper, C ^a,f   Richardson, W ^a   Elhassan, I M ^b   Giha, H ^c,d,e   Hviid, L ^e   Satti, G M H ^d   Theander, T G ^c   Arnot, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Longitudinal field studies; PCR genotyping; Plasmodium falciparum; Sudan

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEASONS; SUDAN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031809667     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002650     Document Type: Article

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