Prevalence and Association of Sickle-cell Haemoglobin and P. falciparum Infection among Tribals in Koraput District, Orissa State

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 34-38

  Das, L K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

HbS; Malaria; P. falciparum

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 0034160790     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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