Falciparum malaria after splenectomy: A prospective controlled study of 33 previously splenectomized Malawian adults

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 861-867

  Bach, Olaf ^a,e   Baier, Michael ^a   Pullwitt, Annika ^a   Fosiko, Nedson ^c,d   Chagaluka, George ^c   Kalima, Matthew ^b   Pfister, Wolfgang ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm ^c,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Zomba Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Partial immunity; Plasmodium falciparum; Ruptured spleen; Splenectomy; Splenic repair; Trophozoites

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 24344478155     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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