Re-emergence of Plasmodium malariae in Trinidad, West Indies

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 467-475

  Chadee, D D ^a   Beier, J C ^b   Doon, R ^a  

^a Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANOPHELES; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANOPHELES BELLATOR; BELLATOR; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032839949     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813446     Document Type: Article

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