Chronic Plasmodium falciparum infections in an area of low intensity malaria transmission in the Sudan

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-456

  Hamad, A A ^a   El Hassan, I M ^b   El Khalifa, A A ^b   Ahmed, G I ^c   Abdelrahim, S A ^a   Theander, T G ^d   Arnot, D E ^e  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic infections; Plasmodium falciparum; Premunition; Sudan; Unstable malaria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDAN;

EID: 0034098945     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005818     Document Type: Article

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