Imported malaria infections diagnosed at the malaria referral laboratory in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1068-1072

  Alkhalife, Ibrahim S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDAN; TIME; TRAVEL; YEMEN;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0242468412     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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