Symptomless Plasmodium vivax infections in native Amazonians

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9162, 1999, Pages 1415-1416

  Camargo, Erney P ^a   Alves, Fabiana ^a   Pereira Da Silva, Luiz H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033599777     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00941-1     Document Type: Article

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