Cross sectional study reveals a high percentage of asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax infection in the Amazon Rio Negro area, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Suárez Mutis, Martha C ^a   Cuervo, Patricia ^a   Leoratti, Fabiana M S ^b   Moraes Avila, Sandra L ^b   Ferreira, Antonio Walter ^b   Fernandes, Octavio ^a   Coura, José Rodrigues ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Brazilian Amazon; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34447272657     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000300005     Document Type: Article

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