Relapse Pattern of Plasmodium vivax in Mumbai : A Study of 283 Cases of Vivax Malaria

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1085-1086

  Gogtay, N J ^a   Desai, S ^a   Kadam, V S ^a   Kamtekar, K D ^a   Dalvi, S S ^a   Kshirsagar, N A ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034331823     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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