Variation of nitric oxide levels in imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria episodes

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 796-799

  De Sousa, Karina ^a   Silva, Marcelo S ^a   Tavira, Luís T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Imported malaria; Malaria; Nitric oxide; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 41749113812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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