Seasonal fluctuations in the carriage of Plasmodium vivax gametocytes in Thailand

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-120

  Nacher, M ^a,b,c,d,e   Carrara, V I ^a   McGready, R ^a,c,d   Ashley, E ^a   Nguen, J V ^a   Thwai, K L ^a   Looareesuwan, S ^c   Nosten, F ^a,c,d  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIGRATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; THAILAND;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1642413247     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003145     Document Type: Article

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