High prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infections in native Amazonian populations

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 641-648

  Alves, Fabiana P ^a   Durlacher, Rui R ^a   Menezes, Maria J ^a   Krieger, Henrique ^a   Pereira da Silva, Luiz H ^a   Camargo, Erney P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA; RONDONIA;

EID: 0036592538     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.66.641     Document Type: Article

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