Malaria deaths in the United States: Case report and review of deaths, 1979-1998

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 404-408

  Stoppacher, Robert ^a   Adams, Stephen P ^b  

^a Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

^b Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaths; Forensic sciences; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HAITI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037344662     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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