Plasmodium malariae in Haitian refugees, Jamaica

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 931-933

  Lindo, John F ^a   Bryce, Jeanette Horner ^b   Ducasse, Marion Bullock ^b   Howitt, Christina ^c   Barrett, Donnett M ^a   Morales, Jacob Lorenzo ^d   Ord, Rosalynn ^c   Burke, Martina ^c   Chiodini, Peter L ^c,e   Sutherland, Colin J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEE; SCREENING;

EID: 34249999644     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1306.061227     Document Type: Article

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