Co-infection with malaria and leptospirosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 583-585

  Wongsrichanalai, Chansuda ^a,f   Murray, Clinton K ^b   Gray, Michael ^c   Miller, R Scott ^a   McDaniel, Philip ^d   Liao, Wilson J ^a   Pickard, Amy L ^a   Magill, Alan J ^e  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Vet Command Food Anal/Diagn Lab   (United States)

^d Kwai River Christian Hospital   (Thailand)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^f US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ARTESUNATE; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYANMAR; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEROCONVERSION; SUPERINFECTION; THAILAND; MALARIA FALCIPARUM;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; LEPTOSPIRA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MYANMAR; THAILAND;

EID: 0038131810     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.583     Document Type: Article

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