Patterns of co-association of C-reactive protein and nitric oxide in malaria in endemic areas of Iran

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Nahrevanian, Hossein ^a   Gholizadeh, Jafar ^b   Farahmand, Mahin ^a   Assmar, Mehdi ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b Health Center of West Azerbaijan Province   (Iran)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Iran; Malaria; Nitric oxide; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 41149163222     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000100006     Document Type: Article

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