Clinical features cannot predict a diagnosis of malaria or differentiate the infecting species in children living in an area of low transmission

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-49

  Luxemburger, Christine ^a,b,c   Nosten, François ^a,b,c   Kyle, Dennis E ^d   Kiricharoen, Lily ^a   Chongsuphajaisiddhi, Tan ^b   White, Nicholas J ^b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical signs; Diagnosis; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium malariae; Plasmodium vivax; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN DISEASE; THAILAND; VOMITING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031951137     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90950-6     Document Type: Article

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