Seasonal variation in agglutination of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-405

  Giha, Haider A ^a,b,c   Theander, Thor G ^a,b   StaalsØ, Trine ^a,b   Roper, Cally ^d   Elhassan, Ibrahim M ^e   Babiker, Hassabo ^c   Satti, Gwiria M H ^c   Arnot, David E ^d   Hviid, Lars ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Malaria Administration   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RISK; ROSETTE FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDAN;

EID: 0031946331     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.399     Document Type: Article

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