Mixed Plasmodium falciparum infections and its clinical implications in four areas of the Brazilian Amazon region

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-12

  Lorenzetti, Alexandre ^a   Fornazari, Patrícia Aparecida ^a   Bonini Domingos, Ana Carolina ^a   de Souza Rodrigues Penhalbel, Roberta ^a   Fugikaha, Érika ^a   Bonini Domingos, Cláudia Regina ^b   Fraga, Valéria Daltibari ^a   Conceição, Luciana Moran ^a   Rossit, Andréa Regina Baptista ^a,d   Cavasini, Carlos Eugênio ^a   Couto, Vanja Suely Calvosa D'Almeida ^c   Machado, Ricardo Luiz Dantas ^a,d  

^a Centro de Investigação de Microrganismos   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon region; Clinical aspects; Mixed infection; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; PHENOL;

BLOOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; PARASITE INFESTATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 44649179344     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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