Clinical diagnosis of malaria: Can the patients help us improve?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-

  Philipps, J ^a   Radloff, P D ^a,b   Lehman, L G ^a   Baksai, L ^a   Milovanovic, D ^a   Nkeyi, M ^a   Wernsdorfer, W H ^b   Kremsner, P G ^a,c,d  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Gabon; Malaria; Plasmodium spp; Self diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 13344275163     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90474-5     Document Type: Article

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