The prevalence of Plasmodia parasitaemia among donors in the Niger delta of Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-34

  Erhabor, Osaro ^a   ok, Obunge ^a   Awah, Isaac ^a   Uko, Kufre Emmanuel ^a   Charles, Adias Teddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33947308732     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507779951998     Document Type: Article

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