Congenital malaria in Thailand, an appraisal of previous cases

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 562-565

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Congenital malaria; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; QUININE SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 33751370003     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02272.x     Document Type: Article

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