Observations on the periodicity of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in natural human infections

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-246

  Magesa, Stephen M ^a,b   Mdira, Yahaya K ^a   Akida, Juma A ^a   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^b,c   Jakobsen, Palle H ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Unit of Tropical Medicine   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circadian periodicity; Gametocytes; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; PERIODICITY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MICROFILARIA; PARASITEMIA; PERIODICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0034597390     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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