Infectious reservoir of Plasmodium infection in Mae Hong Son Province, north-west Thailand

Malaria Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-16

  Pethleart, Aree ^a,b   Prajakwong, Somsak ^c   Suwonkerd, Wannapa ^c   Corthong, Boontawee ^d   Webber, Roger ^a   Curtis, Christopher ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Office of Disease Prevention and Control   (Thailand)

^d Vec borne Disease Control Unit No8   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GAMETOCYTE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; OOCYTE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; THAILAND; ZOONOSIS; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

EID: 5444221906     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-3-1     Document Type: Article

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