Short communication: Plasmodium falciparum and P. malariae infections in isolates from sickle cell gene carriers living in a hyperendemic area of Gabon

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 872-874

  Blampain Azzibrouck, Georgette ^a   Lekoulou, Faustin ^a   Snounou, Georges ^b   Ravollet, Jean Claude ^c   Ntoumi, Francine ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Hópital de la COMUF   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Gabon; Malaria; PCR; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium malariae; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; GABON; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICKLE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GABON; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE;

EID: 0033404129     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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