Non-immune patients in the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome e Principe reveal a high level of transmission of P. ovale and P. vivax despite low frequency in immune patients

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-203

  Snounou, Georges ^a   Pinheiro, Lucilia ^b   Antunes, Ana Maria ^b   Ferreira, Conceicão ^c   Do Rosario, Virgilio E ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mixed infections; Plasmodium ovale; Plasmodium vivax; Polymerase chain reaction; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRAVEL;

PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0032581129     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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