Bimodal transmission of cerebral malaria and severe malarial anemia and reciprocal co-existence of sexual and asexual parasitemia in an area of seasonal malaria transmission

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Giha, Hayder A ^a,c   Elbashir, Mustafa I ^a   A Elbasit, Ishraga E ^a   A Gadir, Thoraya M E ^a   Elghazali, Gehad ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^d KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDAN;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SUDAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43049107984     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0931-6     Document Type: Article

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