Comparative study of microscopic detection methods and haematological changes in malaria

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-467

  Jain, Meenal ^a,c   Kaur, Manmohan ^b  

^a SRI AUROBINDO INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Buffy coat; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMEAR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 28844475026     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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