Clinical diagnosis of uncomplicated malaria in Sri Lanka

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 242-245

  Van Der Hoek, W ^a   Premasiri, D A R ^b   Wickremasinghe, A R ^c  

^a Intl Irrigat Mgmt Inst Hq   (Sri Lanka)

^b Anti Malaria Campaign Head Office   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0032082793     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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