The distribution of hereditary erythrocytic disorders associated with malaria, in a lowland area of Nepal: A micro-epidemiological study

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-122

  Suzuki, A ^a   Hamano, S ^b   Shirakawa, T ^c   Watanabe, K ^d   Endo, T ^e   Sharma, S ^f   Jha, B ^f   Acharya, G P ^f   Nishiyama, K ^c   Fukumaki, Y ^b   Kobayashi, S ^g  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALARIA; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE;

ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; NEPAL; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 34548165272     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X154539     Document Type: Article

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