Comparative analysis of malaria parasite density using actual and assumed white blood cell counts

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Jeremiah, Zaccheaus Awortu ^b,c   Uko, Emmanuel Kufre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; MALARIA; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34447342030     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532807X170547     Document Type: Article

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