Short report: Q fever and Plasmodium falciparum malaria co-infection in a patient returning from the comoros archipelago

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1028-1030

  Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^c   Foucault, Cedric ^d   Raoult, Didier ^d  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Centre National de Recherche 6020   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMOROS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; Q FEVER; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINCHONA PUBESCENS; COXIELLA BURNETII; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 29844450495     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.1028     Document Type: Article

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