Uncommon asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in Gabonese children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1198-1202

  Missinou, Michel A ^b   Lell, Bertrand ^b   Kremsner, Peter G ^a  

^a Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GABON; GENE MUTATION; GIEMSA STAIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0037880465     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374555     Document Type: Article

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